Indulge vs. Involve

: To yield to a temptation or desire.

Example: ‘He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.’; ‘I indulged in drinking on the weekend.’;

(transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.

Example: ‘Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.’; ‘I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.’;

To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.

Example: ‘to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations’;

To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.

To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

Example: ‘Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.’;

To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

Example: ‘Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners.’; ‘Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of lightIndulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!’;

To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; - followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.

give free rein to;

Example: ‘The writer indulged in metaphorical language’;

yield (to); give satisfaction to

enjoy to excess

treat with excessive indulgence;

Example: ‘grandparents often pamper the children’; ‘Let's not mollycoddle our students!’;

(archaic) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

(archaic) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.

Example: ‘to involve in darkness or obscurity’;

To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.

(archaic) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.

To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.

To envelop, enfold, entangle.

Example: ‘to involve a person in debt or misery’; ‘He's involved in the crime.’;

To engage (someone) to participate in a task.

Example: ‘How can we involve the audience more during the show?’; ‘By getting involved in her local community, Mary met lots of people and also helped make it a nicer place to live.’;

(mathematics) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times.

Example: ‘a quantity involved to the third or fourth power’;

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

Example: ‘Some of serpent kind . . . involvedTheir snaky folds.’;

To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.

Example: ‘And leave a singèd bottom all involvedWith stench and smoke.’;

To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.

To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.

Example: ‘He knowsHis end with mine involved.’; ‘The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction.’;

To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.

Example: ‘The gathering number, as it moves along,Involves a vast involuntary throng.’; ‘Earth with hellTo mingle and involve.’;

To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.

To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.

To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.

connect closely and often incriminatingly;

Example: ‘This new ruling affects your business’;

engage as a participant;

Example: ‘Don't involve me in your family affairs!’;

have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail;

Example: ‘This decision involves many changes’;

require as useful, just, or proper;

Example: ‘It takes nerve to do what she did’; ‘success usually requires hard work’; ‘This job asks a lot of patience and skill’; ‘This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice’; ‘This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert’; ‘This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent’;

contain as a part;

Example: ‘Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses’;

wrap;

Example: ‘The tower was involved in mist’;

occupy or engage the interest of;

Example: ‘His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon’;

make complex or intricate or complicated;

Example: ‘The situation was rather involved’;

have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result

Example: ‘a bill proposing harsher penalties for crimes involving firearms and drugs’; ‘my job involves a lot of travelling’;

cause to participate in an activity or situation

Example: ‘an opportunity to involve as many people as possible in all aspects of music-making’;

be or become occupied or engrossed in something

Example: ‘her husband had been very involved in his work’;

be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship

Example: ‘Angela told me she was involved with someone else’;