verb
- Treat with excessive indulgence.
- usage: "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students"
- synonyms: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
- Cook in nearly boiling water.
- usage: "coddle eggs"
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