indulge 
II. in trails. 1. To gratify one's self freely; 
give free course to the gratification of one's de- 
fii-cs or appetites : followed by in before the ob- 
ject of desire, etc. : as, to indulge in the use of 
tobacco. 
Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than 
to practise laborious virtues. Johnson. 
2f. To yield ; give way : with to. 
He must, by indulging to one sort of reprovable dis- 
course himself, defeat his endeavours against the rest. 
Government of the Tongue. 
indulgement (in-dulj'ment), . [< indulge + 
-meat.] Indulgence, [Rare.] 
indulgence (in-dul'jens), n. [< ME. indulgence 
= F. indulgence = Pr. indulgencia, endulgencia, 
endulgensia = Sp. Pg. indulgencia = It, indul- 
genza, < L. indulgentia, (. indulgen(t-)s, indul- 
gent: see indulgent.'] 1. The act of indulging ; 
forbearance of restraint or control; gratifica- 
tion of desire or humor; also, the character of 
being indulgent. 
As you from crimes would pardon'd be, 
Let your indulgence set me free. 
Shak., Tempest, Epil. 
Some sons 
Complain of too much rigour in their mothers : 
I of too much indulgence. 
Fletcher (and another), Fair Maid of the Inn, L 1. 
It was by this indulgence of men in their sins, that vile 
Sect of the Gnosticks gained so much ground in the be- 
ginnings of Christianity. Stillingfleet, Sermons, II. il. 
2. Something with which one is indulged or 
gratified ; a favor granted ; an act of grace. 
Hee was for his blinde zeal punished with blindnesse ; 
of which, soone after hee recouered by diuine indulgence. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 327, 
3. In com., forbearance of present payment; 
an extension, through favor, of the time in 
which a debt can be paid : as, to grant an in- 
dulgence of three months on a note. 4. In 
Horn. Cath. Ilieol.: () Remission of sins: used 
in this sense by the earlier ecclesiastical writ- 
ers. (6) A remission of the punishment which 
is still due to sin after sacramental absolu- 
tion, this remission being valid in the court of 
conscience and before God, and being made by 
an application of the treasure of the church on 
the part of a lawful superior. Eusebius Amort, 
History of Indulgences, quoted in Cath. Diet. 
Indulgences are classed a&plenary or partial, general (that 
is, for the whole church) or particular, etc. 
An Indulgence is a remission, granted out of the Sacra- 
ment of Penance, of that temporal punishment which, 
even after the sin is forgiven, we have yet to undergo 
either here or in Purgatory. 
Full Catechism of Catholic Religion (1863). 
Indulgence cannot be obtained for unforgiven sin. Be- 
fore any one can obtain for himself the benefit of an in- 
dulgence the guilt must have been washed away and the 
eternal punishment, if his sin has been mortal, must have 
been forgiven. Cath. Diet. 
(c) Relaxation of an ecclesiastical law, or ex- 
emption of a particular individual from its 
S revisions: properly called dispensation. 5. 
a Scottish hist., in the reigns of Charles II. 
and James II., permission to hold religious 
services. 
His uncle's family attended the ministry of one of those 
numerous Presbyterian clergymen who, complying with 
certain regulations, were licensed to preach without inter- 
ruption from the government This indulgence, as it was 
called, made a great schism among the Presbyterians, and 
those who accepted of it were severely censured by the 
more rigid sectaries, who refused the proffered terms. 
Scott, Old Mortality, v. 
Congregation Of Indulgences. See congregation, 6 (a). 
Declaration of Indulgence, in Eng. hist., a royal 
proclamation promising greater religious freedom to non- 
conformists. The principal were : (a) A proclamation by 
Charles II. in 1671 or 1672, promising the suspension of 
penal laws relating to ecclesiastical matters which were di- 
rected against nonconformists. It was rejected by Parlia- 
ment. (6) A proclamation by James II. in 1687, annulling 
penal laws against Roman Catholics and nonconformists, 
and abolishing religious tests for office. The refusal to read 
this declaration by several prelates led to their trial, and 
was one of the causes of the revolution of 1688. Sale of 
indulgences, in the Horn. Cath. Ch., formerly, the grant- 
ing of the remission of temporal penalties for sins by au- 
thorized agents of the Pope in return for certain pay- 
ments. This was at times largely practised to raise money 
for various ecclesiastical purposes, and was often accom- 
panied by great abuses. The sale of indulgences by the 
Dominican preacher Tetzel in 1517 called forth the oppo- 
sition of Luther and the publication of his theses and thus 
led to the German Reformation. =Syn. 1. Lenience, ten- 
_ derness, kindness. See gratify. 
indulgencyt (in-dul'jen-si), . Indulgence. 
indulgent (in-dul'jen't), a. [= F. indulgent 
= Sp. Pg. It. indulgente, < L. indulgen(t-)s, ppr. 
of indulgere, indulge: see indulge.'] Disposed 
or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give 
way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or 
to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; show- 
ing or ready to show favor; favorable; indis- 
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posed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise ne- 
cessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to 
lie iiiilulyent to servants. 
God or angel guest 
With man, as with his friend, familiar used 
To sit indulgent. Milton, P. L., ix. 8. 
The feeble old, indulgent of their ease. 
Dryden, .Sneld, v. 936. 
Indulgent gales, 
Supply'd by Phoebus, nil the swelling sails. 
Pope, Iliad, i. 624. 
He was quick to discern the smallest glimpse of merit ; 
he was indulgent even to gross improprieties, when ac- 
companied by any redeeming talent, ilaciiului/, Dryden. 
=Syn. Lenient, forbearing, tolerant, gentle. See gratify. 
indulgential (in-dul-jen'shal), a. [< L. indul- 
gentia, indulgence, + -al.] Relating to eccle- 
siastical indulgences. 
'Tis but getting some of those rusty pieces which Pope 
Sixtus the Fifth found once under the rubbish of an old 
wall, then presently you are fitted with rare indulgential 
privileges. Brevint, Saul and Samuel, x. 
indulgently (in-dul'jent-li), adv. In an indul- 
gent manner; with indulgence, leniency, or 
compliance, or without severity or restraint. 
My mother, father, 
And uncle love me most indulgently, 
Being the only branch of all their stocks. 
Beau, and Fl., Four Plays in One. 
indulger (in-dul'jer), n. One who indulges. 
And if (as Saint Peter saith) the severest watchers of 
their nature have task hard enough, what shall be hoped 
of the indulgers of it? 
W. Montague, Devoute Essays, I. xiii. 6. 
indulgiatet, . t. [Irreg. < indulge + -ate 2 .'] To 
indulge. Davies. 
Sergius Oratus was the first that made pits for them 
about his house here, more for profit than to indulyiate 
his gluttony. Sandys, Travailes, p. 293. 
induline (in'du-lin). n. [< ind(igo) + -ul-, L. 
dim. suffix, + -ine 2 .] A name of various coal- 
tar colors used in dyeing. The various members of 
the group called indulines are made by different processes, 
but all possess somewhat similar dyeing properties. Those 
used for dyeing cotton are insoluble in water, and require 
to be dissolved in alcohol. For dyeing wool and silk they 
are made soluble in water by strong sulphuric acid. They 
all yield dark dull-blue colors similar to indigo. They are 
fairly fast to lights only moderately BO to weak alkalis, but 
withstand the action of acids perfectly. These colors are 
all closely related to violaniline (which see). Those solu- 
ble in alcohol are obtained by phenylizing violaniliue. 
They are known by a variety of commercial names, as vio- 
laniline, nigrosine, Elberfeld blue, bengaline, aniline gran, 
Couplers blue, Roubaix blue, etc. 
indult (in-<Iult'), n. [= F. indult = Sp. Pg. It. 
indulto, < LL. indnltum, an indulgence, privi- 
lege, neut. of L. indultus, indulged, pp. of in- 
dulgere, indulge: see indulge.'] If. An indul- 
gence; license; permission; grant. 
The free and voluntary indult of temporal princes. 
Bp. Sanderson, Works, II. 246. 
2. In the Bom. Cath. Ch., a license or permis- 
sion granted by the Pope for the performance 
of some act not sanctioned by the common law 
of the church; an exemption; a privilege. 
In former times indults chiefly related to the patronage 
of church dignities or benefices. Cath. Diet. 
Of course every Roman Catholic knows that now mass 
may not be said after midday, except by a special indult. 
N. and Q., 6th ser., XII. 271. 
3. In Spain, an impost formerly paid to the 
king on everything brought in galleons from 
America. 
indultt (in-dulf), v. t. [= Sp. Pg. indultar = 
It. indultare, < L. indultus, pp. of indulgere, in- 
dulge: see indulge.'] To indulge; grant; per- 
mit; accord. 
So many magnificent colleges, athenajes, houses and 
schooles, founded and erected for them and their profes- 
sors, and endowed with lands, . . . and vnto them royale 
priuiledges indulted. Stow, Universities, xlviii. 
indultif t, n. [ME., < OF. "indulttf, < L. indul- 
tus, pp. of indulgere, indulge: see indult, in- 
dulge.} Indulgence; luxury. 
Than of brod cloth a jerde, be my lyf ; 
Me thinketh this is a verry indultyf. 
Occleve. (Balliuxll.) 
indulto (in-dul'to), n. [< It. indulto, indult: 
see indult.'} Same as indult. 
indumentum (in-du-men'tum), n. [L., a gar- 
ment, < inducre, put on (clothes): see indue 1 .'} 
1. In bo t., any hairy covering or pubescence 
which forms a coating. Gray. 2. In ornith., 
plumage; a bird's feathers, collectively con- 
sidered. 
induperator (in-dii'pe-ra-tor), n. [L., var. of 
imperator, emperor: see imperator, emperor.] 
An emperor: used affectedly in the passage 
quoted. 
To chaunt and carroll forth the alteza and excelsitude 
of this monarchal! tludy induperator. 
Ifailie, Lenten Stuft'e(Harl. Misc., VI. 167). 
indusium 
induplicate (in-du'pli-kat), a. [< L. in, in, on, 
+ duplicates, pp. of duplicare, double: see du- 
plicate.'] In bot. : (a) Having the edges bent 
abruptly toward the axis : said of the parts of 
the calyx or corolla in estivation. (6) Having 
the edges rolled inward and then arranged 
about the axis without overlapping: said of 
leaves in vernation. 
induplication (in-du-pli-ka'shpn), n. [< indu- 
plicate + -ion.] The state of being iudupli- 
cate ; something induplicate. 
The whole induplication is enclosed in a transparent 
structureless membrane. 
t'rey, Histol. and Histochem. (trans.), p. 389. 
induplicative (iu-du'pli-ka-tiv), a. [As indu- 
plicate + -ii'e.~] Same as induplicate. 
indurablet (in-dur'a-bl), o. An obsolete form 
of endurable. 
indurancet, n. An obsolete form of endurance. 
indurascentt (in-du-ras'ent), a. [< indur(ate) 
+ ^ascent, equiv. to -esc'ent.] In hot., harden- 
ing by degrees, as the permanent petioles of a 
tragacanth-bush. Lindhy. 
indurate (in'du-rat), v.; pret. and pp. indu- 
rated, ppr. indurating. [< L. induratus, pp. of 
indurare, harden, < in, in, + durare, harden: 
see dure and endure.'} I. intrans. 1. To grow 
hard; harden; become hard: as, clay indurates 
by drying and by extreme heat. 2f. To be- 
come fixed or habitual; pass into use; inure. 
And now, through custom or rather corruption, it has 
indurated that a mass priced at three or four denars or 
one shilling is bought and sold by a blind people and by 
wicked siuioniacal priests. 
Quoted in Pussy's Eirenicon, p. 37. 
II. trans. 1. To make hard: as, extreme heat 
indurates clay. 
On the flood, 
Iitdurated and flx'd, the snowy weight 
Lies undissolv'd. Cowper, Task, v. 98. 
2. To make hard in feeling ; deprive of sensi- 
bility; render obdurate. 
And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart 
Fall blunted from each indurated neart. 
Goldsmith, Traveller, 1. 2S2. 
indurate! (in'du-rat), a. [= OF. endure; < L. 
induratus, pp.: see the verb.] Hardened; un- 
feeling; indurated. 
And if he pel-sever with indurate minde the space of 
twoo yeares. Holinshed, Chron. 
The nature of those hard and indurate adamant stones 
is to draw all to them. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc. , 1850), p. 13. 
indurated (in'du-ra-ted), p. a. In lot., eofil., 
and anat., hardened; made thick and dense; 
calloused: as, an indurated swelling: applied in 
entomology to hard spots or elevations on a soft 
surface, etc. 
induration (in-du-ra'shon), n. [= F. indura- 
tion = Sp. indurdcion =" Pg. induraySo ; as in- 
durate + -ion.] 1. The act of hardening, or 
the process of growing hard ; the state of be- 
' ing indurated or of having become hard. 
Fire is the cause of induration, but respective to clay. 
'Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 161. 
2. Hardness of heart; insensibility; obduracy; 
want of pliancy. 
A certain induration of character which had arisen from 
long habits of business. Coleridge. 
3. An indurated, hardened, or callous part. 
Brown Induration of the lungs, a hardening or indu- 
ration of the lung-tissue, which becomes red in color with 
brown spots scattered through it. The capillaries are di- 
lated, and there is more or less increase of the connective 
tissue and epithelial proliferation. The brown spots are 
due to small extravasations of blood. Such tissue occurs 
in the lungs of persons aifected with mitral disease, and is 
produced by the passive hyperemia consequent on the 
cardiac lesion. 
iudur ative (in 'du-ra-tiv), a. [= It. indiim tivii; 
as indurate + -ire.] Producing induration; 
hardening: as, an induratiw process. 
Jnduratiec changes in the solid viscera lead to venous 
obstruction. Quain, Med, Diet., p. 255. 
induret, ? ? . An obsolete form of endure. 
indusia, . Plural of indusium. 
indusial (in-du'zi-al), a. [< indiisinm + -al.] 
Composed of or containing indusia or the cases 
of larvse IndUSlal limestone, in geol., a fresh-water 
limestone found in Auvergne, France, supposed to be com- 
posed of the agglomerated indusia or cases of the larva? of 
caddis-flies. 
indusiate (in -du ' zi -at), . In bot., having an 
iudusium. 
The indusiate sorus of this family of Ferns. 
Sachs, Botany (trans.), p. 395. 
indusiated (in-du'zi-a-ted), a. Same as indu- 
K/lltf. 
indusium (in-du'zi-iim), .; pi. indusia (-a). [L., 
a tunic, < intliirrc, put on: see indue 1 .] 1. In 
