surfeits

Verb

surfeit (third-person singular simple present surfeits, present participle surfeiting, simple past and past participle surfeited)

1. (transitive) To fill (something) to excess.
   • You are three men of sin, whom Destiny,
     That hath to instrument this lower world
     And what is in’t,—the never-surfeited sea
     Hath caused to belch up you;1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

   Synonyms:

   stuff

2. (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
   • She surfeited her children on sweets.

   Synonyms:

   glut, overfeed, stuff

3. (transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
   • […] that proportion of meat surfetteth, and surchargeth the stomacks of some, which is not enough to satisfie the hunger of others,1640, Thomas Fuller, Joseph’s Partie-Colored Coat, London: John Williams
4. (figuratively, transitive) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
   • While some glad Rival in her Arms did lye,
     Glutted with Love and surfeited with Joy.1697, Aphra Behn, “On an ungrateful and undeserving Mistress, whom he cou’d not help Loving” in Poems upon Several Occasions, London: Francis Saunders, p. 50

   Synonyms:

   cloy, glut

5. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess.
   • […] his appetite for vulgar praise had not yet been surfeited;1796, Maria Edgeworth, “The Mimic”, in The Parent’s Assistant; or, Stories for Children, volume 2, London: J. Johnson, page 98

   Synonyms:

   glut

6. (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
   • And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 21:34

   Synonyms:

   glut, indulge, overfeed, overindulge

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