Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Surfeiting"
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.
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