indulence.html - v.
1 intr. (often foll. by in) take pleasure freely.
2 tr. yield freely to (a desire etc.).
3 tr. gratify the wishes of; favour (indulged them with money).
4 intr. colloq. take alcoholic liquor.

indulger n. [L indulgere indult- give free rein to]

indulence.html - n.
1 a the act of indulging. b the state of being indulgent.
2 something indulged in.
3 RC Ch. the remission of temporal punishment in purgatory, still due for sins after absolution.
4 a privilege granted.

Declaration of Indulgence the proclamation of religious liberties, esp. under Charles II in 1672 and James II in 1687. [ME f. OF f. L indulgentia (as INDULGENT)]

indulence.html - adj.
1 ready or too ready to overlook faults etc.
2 indulging or tending to indulge.

indulgently adv. [F indulgent or L indulgere indulgent- (as INDULGE)]

indulence.html - {n.} A complex of industrial buildings and/or businesses usually located far from the center of a city in a setting especially landscaped to make such buildings look better. * /The nearest supermarket that sells car tires is at the industrial park twenty miles from downtown./

indulence.html - adj.
that cannot be doubted.

indubitably adv. [F indubitable or L indubitabilis (as IN-(1), dubitare to doubt)]

indulence.html - v.tr.
1 (often foll. by to + infin.) prevail on; persuade.
2 bring about; give rise to.
3 Med. bring on (labour) artificially, esp. by use of drugs.
4 Electr. produce (a current) by induction.
5 Physics cause (radioactivity) by bombardment.
6 infer; derive as a deduction.

inducer n. inducible adj. [ME f. L inducere induct- (as IN-(2), ducere lead)]