[sur-fit] 
| 1. | excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking. |
| 2. | excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking. |
| 3. | an uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking. |
| 4. | general disgust caused by excess or satiety. |
| 5. | to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink. |
| 6. | to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate. |
| 7. | to eat or drink to excess. |
| 8. | to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking. |
| 9. | to indulge to excess in anything. |
| sur·feit (sûr'fĭt) v. sur·feit·ed, sur·feit·ing, sur·feits v. tr. To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust. v. intr. Archaic To overindulge. n.
[Middle English surfeten, from surfait, excess, from Old French, from past participle of surfaire, to overdo : sur-, sur- + faire, to do (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).] sur'feit·er n. |
| Main Entry: | surfeit1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | overabundance; excess |
| Etymology: | Latin super- + facere 'to do, act' |
| Main Entry: | surfeit2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | an excessive indulgence, esp. in food or drink; also, the excessive amount eaten |
| Etymology: | Latin super- + facere 'to do, act' |
| Main Entry: | surfeit3 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a disgust with excess; nausea |
| Etymology: | Latin super- + facere 'to do, act' |
| Main Entry: | surfeit |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to indulge the appetite or senses |
| Etymology: | Latin super- + facere 'to do, act' |
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