Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pampering"
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) 1.7 (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}]
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