posset
verb/ˈpɒsɪt/
/ˈpɑːsɪt/
[intransitive] (British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they posset | /ˈpɒsɪt/ /ˈpɑːsɪt/ |
| he / she / it possets | /ˈpɒsɪts/ /ˈpɑːsɪts/ |
| past simple possetted | /ˈpɒsɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːsɪtɪd/ |
| (North American English also) past simple posseted | /ˈpɒsɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːsɪtɪd/ |
| past participle possetted | /ˈpɒsɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːsɪtɪd/ |
| (North American English also) past participle posseted | /ˈpɒsɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːsɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form possetting | /ˈpɒsɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːsɪtɪŋ/ |
| (North American English also) -ing form posseting | /ˈpɒsɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːsɪtɪŋ/ |
- if a baby possets, milk comes back up from its stomach and out through its mouthWord Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded in English dialect in the late 19th cent.
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