Sekirov Dictionary

surfeit

UK /ˈsɜː.fɪt/US /ˈsɝː.fɪt/

verb 8
noun 5
adjective 1
forms 5

verb8

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To fill (something) to excess.
- You are three men of sin, whom Destiny, That hath to instrument this lower world And what is in’t,—the never-surfeited sea Hath caused to belch up you — 1610
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To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
- She surfeited her children on sweets.
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[with oneself] To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
- And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. — 1611
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(figurative) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
- While some glad Rival in her Arms did lye, Glutted with Love and surfeited with Joy. — 1697
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(figurative) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess.
- […] his appetite for vulgar praise had not yet been surfeited — 1796
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[with oneself] (figurative) To indulge (in something) to excess.
- […] a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies, and swallowed poison as if it were nectar. — 1847
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To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
- […] that proportion of meat surfetteth, and surchargeth the stomacks of some, which is not enough to satisfie the hunger of others, — 1640
•
[with oneself] To become sick from overindulgence.
- […] they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — 1596

noun5

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An excessive amount of something.
- A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.
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Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- I feel too much thy blessing: make it [this excess]less, For fear I surfeit! Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. — 1596
•
A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
- King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.
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Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. — 1795
A group of skunks.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Sated; surfeited; filled.
- If it proceed from the third occasion, which is surfeit of Meats and Drinks, either natural or unnatural, then the signs are these ; […] — 1686

forms

surfeited · surfeiting · surfeits · more surfeit · most surfeit

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