The baron had indued a pair of jack boots.
Sir W. Scott.
2. To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with
moral or mental qualities.
Indu'd with robes of various hue she flies.
Dryden.
Indued with intellectual sense and souls.
Shak.
In*due"ment (?), n. [From Indue; cf. Indument, Enduement.] The act of
induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.
In*dulge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Indulging (?).] [L. indulgere to be kind or tender to one; cf. OIr.
dilgud, equiv. to L. remissio, OIr. dligeth, equiv. to L. lex, Goth.
dulgs debt.]
1. To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain;
(a) when said of a habit, desire, etc.: to give free course to; to give
one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or
inclinations; (b) when said of a person: 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.
Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the
gratifications of this very sparingly.
Atterbury.
2. To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with
a wish or request.
Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners.
Jer. Taylor.
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and
eternal Night!
Pope.
It is remarked by Johnson, that if the matter of indulgence is a single
thing, it has with before it; if it is a habit, it has in; as, he
indulged himself with a glass of wine or a new book; he indulges
himself in idleness or intemperance. See Gratify.
In*dulge", 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. "Willing to indulge in easy vices." Johnson.
In*dulge"ment (?), n. Indulgence. [R.] Wood.