surfeit
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Definitions ofsurfeit
- An excessive amount of something.
Example: "A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price."
- Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
- A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
Example: "King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys."
- Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
- To fill (something) to excess.
Synonyms: stuff
- To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
Example: "She surfeited her children on sweets."
- To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
- To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
- To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
Synonyms: glut
- To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
Synonyms: glut, indulge, overfeed, overindulge
- To indulge (in something) to excess.
- To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).
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