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cossetcos‧set /ˈkɒsɪt $ ˈkɑː-/ verb [transitive] cossetOrigin: 1500-1600 cosset ‘pet’ (16-19 centuries), perhaps from Old English cotsæta ‘person who lives in a cottage’ VERB TABLEcosset |
Present | I, you, we, they | cosset | | he, she, it | cossets | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cossetted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cossetted | | he, she, it | has cossetted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cossetted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cosset | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cossetted |
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Present | I | am cossetting | | he, she, it | is cossetting | | you, we, they | are cossetting | Past | I, he, she, it | was cossetting | | you, we, they | were cossetting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cossetting | | he, she, it | has been cossetting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cossetting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cossetting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cossetting |
- No one in the family gets as much cosseting as that cat!
- It is designed to cosset its crew.
- The media say that 120,000 people in Moscow cook, clean, drive for and otherwise cosset the bureaucracies.
to give someone as much care and attention as you can, especially too much SYN pamper: He cosseted her with flowers and champagne. |