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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Surfeit  \Sur"feit\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Surfeited};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Surfeiting}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  fill  to  satiety  and  disgust;  to  cloy;  as  he  surfeits 
  us  with  compliments.  --V.  Knox. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  surfeited 
  adj  :  fed  beyond  capacity  or  desire  [syn:  {gorged},  {sated}] 




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