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{"id": "indulge", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "indulge", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "indulger", "text": "indulger"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["early 17th century (in the sense \u2018treat with excessive kindness\u2019): from Latin indulgere \u2018give free rein to\u2019"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/indulge_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u026an\u02c8d\u028cld\u0292"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of"], "examples": [{"text": "we indulged in a cream tea"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0505670.006", "notes": [{"text": "no object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}, {"text": "\"indulge in\"", "type": "wordFormNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["allow oneself to enjoy"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["become involved in (an activity, typically one that is undesirable or disapproved of)"], "examples": [{"text": "I don't indulge in idle gossip"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0505670.012", "notes": [{"text": "\"indulge in\"", "type": "wordFormNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["become involved in questionable activity"]}, {"definitions": ["allow oneself to enjoy a particular pleasure, especially that of alcohol"], "examples": [{"text": "I only indulge on special occasions"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0505670.013", "registers": [{"id": "informal", "text": "Informal"}], "shortDefinitions": ["allow oneself to enjoy alcohol etc."], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "treat oneself"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give oneself a treat"}, {"language": "en", "text": "luxuriate in something"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give oneself up to pleasure"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "indulge_oneself", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0007738.004"}]}, {"definitions": ["satisfy or yield freely to (a desire or interest)"], "examples": [{"text": "she was able to indulge a growing passion for literature"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0505670.014", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["satisfy a desire or interest"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "satisfy"}, {"language": "en", "text": "gratify"}, {"language": "en", "text": "fulfil"}, {"language": "en", "text": "satiate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "quench"}, {"language": "en", "text": "appease"}, {"language": "en", "text": "feed"}, {"language": "en", "text": "accommodate"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "indulge", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0007738.001"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "wallow in"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give oneself up to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give way to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "yield to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "abandon oneself to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give rein to"}, {"language": "en", "text": "give free rein to"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "indulge", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0007738.002"}]}, {"definitions": ["allow (someone) to enjoy something desired"], "examples": [{"text": "a luxury service used to indulge the chief executive"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0505670.016", "notes": [{"text": "with object", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["allow someone to enjoy something desired"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "pamper"}, {"language": "en", "text": "spoil"}, {"language": "en", "text": "overindulge"}, {"language": "en", "text": "coddle"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mollycoddle"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cosset"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nanny"}, {"language": "en", "text": "nursemaid"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mother"}, {"language": "en", "text": "baby"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "spoon-feed"}, {"language": "en", "text": "overparent"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "indulge", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0007738.003"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "indulge"}], "type": "headword", "word": "indulge"}], "word": "indulge"}
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