Pamper, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pampering.]
Etymology: [Cf. LG. pampen, slampampen, to live luxuriously, pampe thick pap, and E. pap.]
1. To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut; as, to pamper the body or the appetite. "A body . . . pampered for corruption." Dr. T. Dwight.
2. To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess; as, to pamper pride; to pamper the imagination. South.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for pamper; he lists it under caress.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.