pos|set

pos|set
pos|set «POS iht», noun, verb, -set|ed, -set|ing or (sometimes) -set|ted, -set|ting.
–n.
a hot drink made of milk curdled, as by ale or wine, and sweetened and spiced. It was formerly widely used as a remedy for colds.
–v.t.
1. to give or administer a posset to: »

As she laid him in bed and possetted him, how frail and fragile he looked (Arnold Bennett).

2. Obsolete. to curdle like a posset.
[Middle English possot]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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