Definition for IN-DULGE'

IN-DULGE', v.i. [indulj'.]

  1. To permit to enjoy or practice; or to yield to the enjoyment or practice of, without restraint or control; as, to indulge in sin, or in sensual pleasure. This form of expression is elliptical, a pronoun being omitted; as, to indulge myself or himself. Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices, than to practice laborious virtues. Johnson.
  2. To yield; to comply; to be favorable. [Little used.]

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