0 present participle of indulge
1 to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you:
When hunters use terms drawn from the domain of human interaction to describe their relations with animals, they are said to be indulging in metaphor.
Perhaps a taste for indulging cheaply in one's ideals in the privacy of the voting booth does help to draw voters to the polls.
His discussion is neat and scholarly and, instead of indulging in speculation, he sticks to the evidence and argues cautiously.
Is the writer indulging in caricature, stereotyping, ignorance, or a combination of all three, or is this simply the reflection from the hindsight of self-justifying folk-rockers?
Textbooks soon became outdated because they overlooked vital innovations, while indulging on topics that were soon to become obsolete.
Diagnosing behaviour is not merely indulging curiosity.
It's also rather understated as a programme: trios and solos, no major statements, all three composers indulging the intimacy of the medium in a series of ruminative essays.
He certainly would not have recommended indulging in "free-associating," an "unreasonable" activity which could not have any justifiable use in his one-dimensional concept of the mind.
