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To put on, as clothes; to draw on. The baron had indued a pair of jack boots. Sir W. Scott.

The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.

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 r…

Indulgence. [R.] Wood.

The act of indulging or humoring; the quality of being indulgent; forbearance of restrain or control. If I were a judge, that word indulgence should never issue from my lips. Tooke. They err, that through indulgence to others, or fondness to any sin in themselves, substitute for repentance anything less. Hammond.…

Indulgence. Dryden.

Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or restraining; tolerant; mild; favorable; not severe; as, an indulgent parent. Shak. The indulgent censure of posterity. Waller. The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. Dryden.

Relating to the indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church. Brevint.

In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden.

One who indulges. W. Montagu.

To indulge. [R.] Sandys.

Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet.

A privilege or exemption; an indulgence; a dispensation granted by the pope.

Plumage; feathers.

Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in æstivation.

Having induplicate sepals or petals in æstivation.

See Endurance.

Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale.

Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith.

The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.