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pamper

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

pamper
     v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
         the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
         [syn: {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle},
          {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]
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