| Surfeit (surfeit) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Sur"feit |
| [OE. surfet, OF.
surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, fr.
surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, F.
surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make,
do, L. facere. See Sur- |
Excess in eating and drinking.
Fullness and oppression of the system,
occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.
Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
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| Surfeit (surfeit) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Sur"feit |
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To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness
ensues; to eat to excess.
To indulge to satiety in any
gratification.
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| Surfeit (surfeit) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Sur"feit |
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To feed so as to oppress
the stomach and derange the function of the system] to overfeed, and
produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to
surfeit one's self with sweets.
To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy;
as, he surfeits us with compliments.
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