To be kind or complaisant to; yield to the wish or humor of; gratify by compliance; refrain from restraining; humor: as, to indulge a child.To grant, as a favor; bestow in compliance with desire or petition; accord.To give way to; give free course to: as, to indulge a propensity or a passion.Synonyms Humor, etc. (see gratify); favor, pamper.To gratify one's self freely; give free course to the gratification of one's desires or appetites: followed by in before the object of desire, etc.: as, to indulge in the use of tobacco.To yield; give way: with to.