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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cosset \Cos"set\ (k?s"s?t), n. [Cf. AS cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse fr kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of --O. W. Holmes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cosset v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle}, {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]
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