3 entries under this word
[imp. & p. p. SURFEITED; p. pr. & vb. n. SURFEITING.] [From the noun.]
v. i. To be fed, or to feast, till the system is oppressed, and sickness or uneasiness ensues. They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. Shak.
n. [O. Fr. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, from surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, from sur, over, and faire, to make, do; Lat. facere; It. sopraffare, to overdo, overcharge; Pr. sobre fait, excess.]
Sense 1. Excess in eating and drinking.
Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. Shak.
Sense 2. Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned by excessive eating and drinking.
Sense 3. Hence, disgust caused by excess; satiety.
Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit, on the excellency of our own government. Burke.