(v. t.) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
(v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;
(v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure.
(v. t.) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
(v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.
Example Sentences:
(1) Byrne's Nursie had the same indefatigable garrulousness, the same sense that she knew all the worst things about her charge – Miranda Richardson's bibulous Queen Elizabeth – so Gloriana and the rest had to indulge her.
(2) The lender will also have to take a 5% hit, to ensure it does not indulge in offering risky loans.
(3) So should we indulge our nut cravings or will that just add inches to the waist?
(4) I believe that both Nan and I had such a strong marriage that it was possible.” And she was prepared to indulge his experiments?
(5) Keith Richards , after all, used to indulge in speedballs of cocaine and heroin with such regularity that he cheerily referred to the toxic cocktail as "the breakfast of champions".
(6) He confessed to over-indulgence in this pleasure at some stages of his life, and to the recreational use of drugs.
(7) When election strategists brought in to pour over Ghani’s speeches told him to swear off coffee on rally days to strengthen his voice, he gave up one of his very few indulgences immediately.
(8) Early opportunities to indulge his skill for making unctuousness compelling came in the roles of a school snitch in the Al Pacino vehicle Scent of a Woman (1992), for which Hoffman auditioned five times.
(9) The chaddi [underwear] symbolises vulgarity, something Muthalik's men indulged in when they molested the girls in Mangalore, and pink adds shock value.
(10) This was the logic that initially led the coalition to reject Heathrow expansion, so why is it now, indulged if not quite supported by the opposition, drifting inexorably towards a new runway in the south-east?
(11) This is a character deliriously doomed to repetitive self-indulgence.
(12) They cut taxes on corporate Britain while indulging in entirely destructive gimmicks such as scrapping the 10p tax rate.
(13) However, it seems that other types of viruses (e.g., tobamoviruses, tombusviruses) do not indulge in regular gene exchange and that common gene pools, distinct from each other, do not occur.
(14) John Byrom, a lazy, self-indulgent 18th-century versifier, had three black hedgehogs on his coat of arms.
(15) There were also significantly elevated risks associated with occasional indulgence in these four habits.
(16) Her main project is new girl Tai (the late Brittany Murphy) who arrives at school as a clumsy, unconfident "ugly duckling" ripe for making over – allowing the film to indulge in that wonderful 80s teen movie trope: the dressing up montage.
(17) It was another popular choice at a closing night ceremony indulgently received by the Cannes crowd.
(18) This is not about benevolent indulgence but achievement of genuine equality in support and contribution.
(19) This idea is quite contrary to the traditional view that the ancient Maya were a contemplative people, who did not indulge in ritual ecstasy.
(20) Smith responded by saying he would not “indulge in gossip”.
Satisfy
Definition:
(a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.
(a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
(a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
(a.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
(v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
(v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
(2) Follow-up for half of the cases operated extended up to 2 years, the longest being up to 5 years, showed that 96% of the patients were satisfied.
(3) The ophthalmic headache's crisis is caused, in fact, by a spasm of convergence on an unknown exophory of which the amplitude of fusion is satisfying, and the presence of which can only be seen with test under screen.
(4) It is suggested that children may learn enough to satisfy their parents' expectations by this age or grade.
(5) There are questions with regard to the interpretation of some of the newer content scales of the MMPI-2, whereas most clinicians feel comfortably familiar, even if not entirely satisfied, with the Wiggins Content Scales of the MMPI.
(6) Most respondents (46, 95%) were satisfied with life in general.
(7) Although 95% of the patients are satisfied, 60% have some impairment of sensation in the lower lip.
(8) "It is very satisfying work," says the 28-year-old, who earns a net monthly salary of 23,000 kwatcha ($80), probably one of the highest incomes in the village.
(9) Twenty-two of them could be shown to satisfy the Poisson law.
(10) I could just banish the app from my phone forever, but deleting a piece of smart tech that makes my life easier doesn’t feel very satisfying.
(11) Epidemiological criteria for a causal association between snoring and vascular disease have not been satisfied.
(12) All are satisfied by [Formula: see text], where N is the size of rod signal, constant for threshold; theta, theta(D) are steady backgrounds of light and receptor noise; varphi is the threshold flash with sigma a constant of about 2.5 log td sec; B the fraction of pigment in the bleached state.
(13) Whereas on the Self-Cathexis Scale, 45% (N = 9) were satisfied and 55% (N = 11) were dissatisfied with self.
(14) Response latency has been shown to satisfy the first two of these conditions.
(15) He was also satisfied he had joined in racist chanting.
(16) If you can't give them everything at once, you may be able to satisfy at least some of the items on their wish list.
(17) Thus, despite the apparently higher level of pyruvate production in the NPC, exogenous pyruvate is necessary to satisfy the metabolic needs of NPC.
(18) Pain relief was very good, and the patients were generally satisfied.
(19) A method was developed for the preparation of a standard source to satisfy the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirement for calibration of wipe-assay procedures used in nuclear medicine laboratories.
(20) The most important basis for evaluating an assistive device is whether it satisfies the needs of the disabled consumer.