Both Uses
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William Wilson
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- Thither I soon went; the uncalculating vanity of my parents furnishing me with an outfit and annual establishment, which would enable me to indulge at will in the luxury already so dear to my heart,—to vie in profuseness of expenditure with the haughtiest heirs of the wealthiest earldoms in Great Britain.†
indulge = enjoy to excess
- I had indulged more freely than usual in the excesses of the wine-table; and now the suffocating atmosphere of the crowded rooms irritated me beyond endurance.†
*indulged = enjoyed to excess
Definitions:
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(1)
(indulge) to give in to a desire or allow someone to enjoy or experience something -- especially something pleasurable
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)