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surfeiter

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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.  

    1. Overindulgence in food or drink.

    2. The result of such overindulgence; satiety or disgust.

  2. An excessive amount.


[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.
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