surfeit

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To fill to excess
To feed someone to excess

She surfeited her children on sweets.

To sicken from overindulgence
To overeat or feed to excess
A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence

King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.

Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating
An excessive amount of something

A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

to feed to fullness or to satiety
{n} sickness, occasioned by great fulness
{v} to make sick with eating, to disgust
the state of being more than full indulge (one's appetite) to satiety supply or feed to surfeit
the state of being more than full
Excess in eating and drinking
indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
To indulge to satiety in any gratification
eating until excessively full
To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments
the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
A surfeit of something is an amount which is too large. Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago. = surplus. a surfeit of sth an amount of something that is too large or that is more than you need = excess (surfaire , from sur- ( SURCHARGE) + faire )
{f} eat or drink to excess, gorge; overindulge; oversupply
{i} overindulgence, excessive eating or drinking; unpleasant feeling caused by overindulgence, satiety; excess
supply or feed to surfeit
Disgust caused by excess; satiety
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 load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess
Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking
surfeit water
A liquid medicine for treating indigestion
surfeiter
{n} one who riots, a great glutton
To surfeit
surcloy
surfeited
past of surfeit
surfeiter
One who surfeits
surfeiting
present participle of surfeit
surfeits
third-person singular of surfeit
surfeits
plural of surfeit
surfeit
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