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surfeit

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sur·feit  (sûrft)
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.
a. Overindulgence in food or drink.
b. 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 dh- in Indo-European roots).]

surfeit·er n.

surfeit [ˈsɜːfɪt]
n
1. (usually foll by of) an excessive or immoderate amount
2. overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking
3. disgust, nausea, etc., caused by such overindulgence
vb
1. (tr) to supply or feed excessively; satiate
2. (intr) Archaic to eat, drink, or be supplied to excess
3. (intr) Obsolete to feel uncomfortable as a consequence of overindulgence
[from French sourfait, from sourfaire to overdo, from sur-1 + faire, from Latin facere to do]
surfeiter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.surfeit - the state of being more than full
fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
2.surfeit - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
3.surfeit - eating until excessively full
eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Verb1.surfeit - supply or feed to surfeit
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
2.surfeit - indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"

surfeit
noun excess, plethora, glut, satiety, overindulgence, superabundance, superfluity Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
excess want, lack, shortage, deficiency, scarcity, dearth, shortness, insufficiency
Translations
surfeit [ˈsɜːfɪt]
A. Nexceso m
there is a surfeit ofhay exceso de
B. VThartar, saciar (on, with de) to surfeit o.shartarse, saciarse (on, with de)
surfeit [ˈsɜːrfɪt] n
a surfeit of → une surabondance de
surfeit
nÜbermaß nt, → Zuviel nt (→ of an +dat)
vt sb, oneselfübersättigen, überfüttern (on, with mit)
surfeit [ˈsɜːfɪt] n (frm) → sovrabbondanza
surfeit [ˈsɜːfɪt] n (frm) → sovrabbondanza


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The illiberality of parents, in allowance towards their children, is an harmful error; makes them base; acquaints them with shifts; makes them sort with mean company; and makes them surfeit more when they come to plenty.
And yet so tender was his pride, that it felt the contempt which his wife now began to express towards him; and this, added to the surfeit he had before taken of her love, created in him a degree of disgust and abhorrence, perhaps hardly to be exceeded.
Would such gentlemen but consider the contemptible thoughts which the very women they are concerned with, in such cases as these, have of them, it would be a surfeit to them.
 
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