"overindulge" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overindulges [present, singular, third-person], overindulging [participle, present], overindulged [participle, past], overindulged [past]
Etymology: over- + indulge Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|indulge}} over- + indulge Head templates: {{en-verb}} overindulge (third-person singular simple present overindulges, present participle overindulging, simple past and past participle overindulged)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To indulge to excess. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: over-indulge Translations (indulge to excess): прекалявам (prekaljavam) (Bulgarian), 過於沉溺 (Chinese Mandarin), 过于沉溺 (guòyú chénnì) (Chinese Mandarin), hemmotella pilalle (Finnish), pilata (Finnish), rozpuszczać [imperfective] (Polish), rozpuścić [perfective] (Polish), folgować [imperfective] (Polish), изли́шествовать (izlíšestvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), злоупотребля́ть (zloupotrebljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)

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