pamper
verb (used with object)
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care.
have pampered
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present perfectof pamper.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Your mother must have pampered you and spoiled you.
From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Depends, I expect, on how long we have pampered him.
From Dear Brutus by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Can the god of wine so have pampered it?
From The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels by Connop Thirlwall
I have pampered my Chinese chestnut trees with cultivation, mulch and manure, as they are located in poorer, drier soil.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association
And perhaps it is partly our own fault, because we have pampered, flattered, and indulged them too much.
From Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters by George Milligan
