HOW TO PRONOUNCE
petted
/ˈpɛtɪd/
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What does petted mean?
verb
- past participle of pet
- simple past of pet
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛtɪd/
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She was after all but five-and-twenty, in the heyday of youth, the darling of a brilliant throng, adored, fêted, petted, cherished.
When I apologised and was concerned about it, she laughed and petted me, and said she did not even feel it.
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She is petted, and is permitted, or even required, to consume largely and conspicuously--vicariously for her husband or other natural guardian.
He gathered her up in his arms and carried her to my library, and petted her and caressed her back to smiles.
Her husband caressed and petted her, and before long the wife joined her merry-minded husband in laughing over the joke against her.