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overindulging

overindulging is the present participle and gerund of overindulge.

Meaning of overindulge

Verb

overindulge (third-person singular simple present overindulges, present participle overindulging, simple past and past participle overindulged)

  1. (ambitransitive) To indulge to excess.
    • Many well formed and well fed bodies over-indulge in sensuality, take little or no exercise, and remain sickly throughout life ; many well formed minds, over-indulge in mere gossip, frivolous conversations, and reading novels, take no serious thought or study, and remain common-place through life...1871, Hugh Doherty, Organic Philosophy; Or, Man's True Place in Nature...: Outlines of biology ..., Trübner & Co., pages 448–449
    Synonyms:
    orgy

Questions about overindulging

What is overindulging the present participle and gerund of?
Overindulging is the present participle and gerund of overindulge.

Words near overindulging in the dictionary

  1. overindulgent
  2. overindulgently
  3. overindulger
  4. overindulgers
  5. overindulges
  6. overindulging
  7. overindustrialise
  8. overindustrialised
  9. overindustrialises
  10. overindustrialising
  11. overindustrialization

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