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Definition of cosset verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cosset

verb

NAmE//ˈkɑsət//

cosset somebody (often disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cosset

he / she / it cossets

past simple cosseted

-ing form cosseting

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to treat someone with a lot of care and give them a lot of attention, sometimes too much synonym pamper As a child, she had been spoiled and cosseted.

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