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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to
      pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. --South.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pamper
    v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
         the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
         pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
         coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]