Surfeit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Excess in eating and drinking.

II. Surfeit ·noun Disgust caused by excess; satiety.

III. Surfeit ·vi To indulge to satiety in any gratification.

IV. Surfeit ·noun Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.

V. Surfeit ·vi To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.

VI. Surfeit ·vt To fill to satiety and disgust; to Cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.

VII. Surfeit ·vt 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.

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