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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Posset

· Pos·set · IPA /ˈpɑsɪt/
01 n. A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
  1. 1.
    A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
02 v. t. To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
imp. & p. p. Posseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Posseting
  1. 1.
    To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To treat with possets; to pamper.[R.]