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The correct answer is pamper.

Mollycoddle

A. talk disparagingly
B. draw another close to
C. pamper
D. keep warm and comfortable

The correct answer is (C) To pamper; to coddle.

Mollycoddle comes from 19th-century slang molly (an effeminate boy) + coddle (treat tenderly).

Examples of use:

  • Don't mollycoddled them!
  • Although he is an adult, his mother continues to mollycoddle him


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