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posseting Definition


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posset
noun
    1. A drink of hot milk, curdled with eg wine, ale or vinegar, and flavoured with spices, formerly used as a remedy for colds, etc.
verb, intr posseted, posseting
    1. Said of a baby: to bring up some curdled milk.
    2. old use
      To make a posset.
Etymology: 15c; early 20c in verb sense 1.



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