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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t.
     To treat as a pet; to fondle.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made
           much of.                                 --O. W.
                                                    Holmes.
     ||

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cosset
     n.
     1 A pet, usually a pet lamb. (from 1570s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     2 Someone indulged or cosseted. (from 1590s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. (from
  1650s)<ref name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology
  Dictionary)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cosset
     n.
     1 A pet, usually a pet lamb. (from 1570s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     2 Someone indulged or cosseted. (from 1590s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. (from
  1650s)<ref name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology
  Dictionary)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cosset
     n.
     1 A pet, usually a pet lamb. (from 1570s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     2 Someone indulged or cosseted. (from 1590s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. (from
  1650s)<ref name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology
  Dictionary)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cosset
     n.
     1 A pet, usually a pet lamb. (from 1570s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     2 Someone indulged or cosseted. (from 1590s)<ref
  name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology Dictionary)</ref>
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. (from
  1650s)<ref name="oetyld">(R:Online Etymology
  Dictionary)</ref>
     2 (lb en transitive) To fondle; to touch or stroke lovingly.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cosset
     Englanti vb.
     hemmotella, lellitellä

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cosset //ˈkɒsɪt// 
  галя
  to treat like a pet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  cosset /kˈɒsɪt/ 
  rozmazlovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  cosset /kˈɒsɪt/ 
  hýčkat

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  cosset /kˈɒsɪt/ 
  1. खूब~लाड़~प्यार~करना
        "His mother cosseted him ."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  cosset /kˈɒsɪt/
  ljubimac, miljenik, razmaziti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  cosset /kˈɒsɪt/
  1. kis bárány
  2. kedvenc állat
  3. becézett állat
  4. cuclis üveggel felnevelt kis bárány

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  cosset /kˈɒsɪt/
  1. çok sevmek, şımartmak
  2. annesiz büyütülen kuzu
  3. evde zevk için beslenen hayvan.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈkɑsət/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "cosset":
     care for, caress, cater to, cherish, cocker, coddle, cradle,
     cultivate, dandle, dry-nurse, favor, feed, fondle, foster,
     give way to, gratify, humor, indulge, lavish care on, mollycoddle,
     mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, pamper, pat, pet, please,
     satisfy, spoil, spoon-feed, suckle, sustain, wet-nurse, yield to

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n. 亲手饲养的小动物,宠儿;
  v. 宠爱,珍爱,溺爱;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 亲手饲养的小动物,宠儿
     vt. 宠爱,珍爱,溺爱

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