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overeat |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overeat \O`ver*eat"\, v. t. & i. 1. To gnaw all over or on all sides. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overeat v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself [syn: {gorge}, {ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {glut}, {englut}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overgorge}, {gormandize}, {gormandise}, {gourmandize}, {binge}, {pig out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}] [ant: {nibble}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: OVEREAT, v. To dine. Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess, Well skilled to overeat without distress! Thy great invention, the unfatal feast, Shows Man's superiority to Beast. John Boop
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