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Webster 1913 Edition


Pamper

Pam′per

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pamper

PAM'PER

,
Verb.
T.
[L. bibo.]
1.
To feed to the full; to glut; to saginate; to feed luxuriously; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.
We are proud of a body fattening for worms and pampered for corruption and the grave.
2.
To gratify to the full; to furnish with that which delights; as, to pamper the imagination.