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 Cod·dle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling ]  [Written also codle.]
 1. To parboil, or soften by boiling.
    It [the guava fruit] may be coddled.   --Dampier.
 2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
    How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas!   --Thackeray.
    He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation.   --Southey.
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 coddled
      adj : treated with excessive indulgence; "pampered from earliest
            childhood, he believed the world had been invented for
            his entertainment" [syn: pampered, spoiled]