Meaning

3 senses

  1. To treat with possets; to pamper.

  2. To vomit up curdled milk.

  3. (obsolete)To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.

    to posset the blood

Origin

From Middle English posset, possot, possate, poshet, posthot, of unclear origin. Perhaps f

From Middle English posset, possot, possate, poshet, posthot, of unclear origin. Perhaps from Welsh posel. A connection to Latin pōsca (medieval/dialectal poscada) has also been suggested.

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Forms

possets, posseting, posseted, posseted
Base formposset · to posset
3rd person singularpossets
Present participleposseting
Past simpleposseted
Past participleposseted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyposset
he, she, itpossets

Past simpleLesson

all personsposseted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave posseted
he, she, ithas posseted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill posset

Synonyms

3 synonyms
cossetC2pamper
pamper:coddle

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsneck posset

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
possessionB1possessiveB1possessivenesspossibilityB1possibleA2possiblyA2

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