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pampering

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pamper  \Pam"per\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pampered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Pampering}.]  [Cf.  LG  pampen,  slampampen  to  live 
  luxuriously,  pampe  thick  pap,  and  E.  pap.] 
  1.  To  feed  to  the  full;  to  feed  luxuriously;  to  glut;  as  to 
  pamper  the  body  or  the  appetite.  ``A  body  .  .  .  pampered 
  for  corruption.''  --Dr.  T.  Dwight. 
 
  2.  To  gratify  inordinately;  to  indulge  to  excess;  as  to 
  pamper  pride;  to  pamper  the  imagination.  --South. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pampering 
  adj  :  overly  indulgent;  "pampering  parents  often  have  spoilt 
  children"  [syn:  {pampering(a)}] 
  n  :  the  act  of  indulging  or  gratifying  a  desire  [syn:  {indulgence}, 
  {indulging},  {humoring},  {pleasing}]




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