pamper (verb)

  • 51coddle — /ˈkɒdl / (say kodl) verb (t) (coddled, coddling) 1. to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) slowly in water just below boiling point. 2. to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper. {variant of and verb use of caudle kind of gruel, from Old North… …

  • 52dote on — dote upon [verb] adore, admire, hold dear, idolize, lavish affection on, prize, treasure * * * ADORE, love dearly, be devoted to, idolize, treasure, cherish, worship, hold dear; indulge, spoil, pamper. → dote * * * ˈdote on [transitive] [present… …

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  • 53fon´dler — fon|dle «FON duhl», verb, dled, dling. –v.t. 1. to handle or treat with fondness; pet; caress: »The mother fondled her baby. 2. Obsolete. to coddle; pamper. –v.i. to behave, play, or speak fondly. ╂[< fond1 …

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  • 54fon|dle — «FON duhl», verb, dled, dling. –v.t. 1. to handle or treat with fondness; pet; caress: »The mother fondled her baby. 2. Obsolete. to coddle; pamper. –v.i. to behave, play, or speak fondly. ╂[< fond1 …

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  • 55coddle — transitive verb (coddled; coddling) Etymology: perhaps from caudle Date: 1598 1. to cook (as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point 2. to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness ; pamper …

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  • 56dandle — transitive verb (dandled; dandling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1530 1. to move (as a baby) up and down in one s arms or on one s knee in affectionate play 2. pamper, pet …

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  • 57cocker — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English cokeren Date: 15th century indulge, pamper II. noun Date: 1689 a keeper or handler of fighting cocks III. noun Date: circa 1811 cocker spaniel …

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  • 58cosset — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1579 a pet lamb; broadly pet II. transitive verb Date: 1640 to treat as a pet ; pamper …

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  • 59Coddling — Coddled egg In cooking, to coddle food is to heat it in water kept just below the boiling point. The term comes from the English verb to coddle, meaning to treat gently or pamper. Cooking examples The eggs added to a Caesar salad should ideally… …

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  • 60pander — pan·der 1 / pan dər/ vt: to sell or distribute by pandering had no protected right to pander prurient materials Dunigan Enterprises v. DA for the Northern District, 415 N.E.2d 251 (1981) vi: to engage in pandering counts included...conspiracy to… …

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