Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to posset
Participle: posseted
Gerund: posseting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | posset |
| you | posset |
| he;she;it | possets |
| we | posset |
| you | posset |
| they | posset |
Perfect
| I | have posseted |
| you | have posseted |
| he;she;it | has posseted |
| we | have posseted |
| you | have posseted |
| they | have posseted |
Past
| I | posseted |
| you | posseted |
| he;she;it | posseted |
| we | posseted |
| you | posseted |
| they | posseted |
Pluperfect
| I | had posseted |
| you | had posseted |
| he;she;it | had posseted |
| we | had posseted |
| you | had posseted |
| they | had posseted |
Future
| I | will posset |
| you | will posset |
| he;she;it | will posset |
| we | will posset |
| you | will posset |
| they | will posset |
Future Perfect
| I | will have posseted |
| you | will have posseted |
| he;she;it | will have posseted |
| we | will have posseted |
| you | will have posseted |
| they | will have posseted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | posset |
| you | posset |
| he;she;it | posset |
| we | posset |
| you | posset |
| they | posset |
Perfect
| I | have posseted |
| you | have posseted |
| he;she;it | have posseted |
| we | have posseted |
| you | have posseted |
| they | have posseted |
Imperfect
| I | posseted |
| you | posseted |
| he;she;it | posseted |
| we | posseted |
| you | posseted |
| they | posseted |
Pluperfect
| I | had posseted |
| you | had posseted |
| he;she;it | had posseted |
| we | had posseted |
| you | had posseted |
| they | had posseted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would posset |
| you | would posset |
| he;she;it | would posset |
| we | would posset |
| you | would posset |
| they | would posset |
Perfect
| I | would have posseted |
| you | would have posseted |
| he;she;it | would have posseted |
| we | would have posseted |
| you | would have posseted |
| they | would have posseted |
Imperative
| you | posset |
| we | Let's posset |
| you | posset |
Verbs conjugated like 'posset'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'posset'
cosset,
basset,
corset,
forset,
gusset,
misset,
mossen,
onset,
poast,
pocket,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- pamper
- pamper
- transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
- baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, namby-pamby, nanny, pamper
- to treat gently or with great care
- chuckle, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, make much, nustle, pamper, pettle, tidder
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Sample Sentences
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to posset the blood
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[…] And with a ſodaine vigour it [Hebenon, a poison] doth poſſet / And curd, like Aygre [vinegar] droppings into Milke, / The thin and wholſome blood: […] [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], page 258:]
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Nevertheless, as she laid him in bed and posseted him, how frail and fragile he looked! [1908, Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives' Tale:]
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Some babies never posset at all. Others do so with surprising ease, and this can be quite a cause of concern to parents. [1990, Miriam Stoppard, The New Baby Care Book, →ISBN:]
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All babies posset. [2003, Pearson Education, Limited, Baby's First Year, Pearson South Africa →ISBN, page 23]
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It's also common for babies to 'posset' - bring up small amounts of milk after a feed - and to vomit occasionally. [2012, Andy Raffles, Felicity Fine, Harriet Sharkey, Yehudi Gordon, Mother and Baby Health: The A-Z of pregnancy, birth and beyond, Random House, →ISBN, page 421:]