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surfeit: Meaning and Definition of
sur•feit
Pronunciation: (sûr'fit), [key] — n.
- excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.
- an uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking.
- general disgust caused by excess or satiety.
—v.t. - to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink.
- to supply with anything to excess or satiety; satiate.
—v.i. - to eat or drink to excess.
- to suffer from the effects of overindulgence in eating or drinking.
- to indulge to excess in anything.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.