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sur·feit

(sûr′fĭt)

v. sur·feit·ed, sur·feit·ing, sur·feits

v.tr.

To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust.

v.intr. Archaic

To overindulge.

a. Overindulgence in food or drink.

b. The result of such overindulgence; satiety or disgust.

2. An excessive amount.

[Middle English surfeten, from surfait, excess, from Old French, from past participle of surfaire, to overdo : sur-, sur- + faire, to do (from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).]

sur′feit·er n.

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surfeit

(ˈsɜːfɪt)

1. (usually foll by of) an excessive or immoderate amount

2. overindulgence, esp in eating or drinking

3. disgust, nausea, etc, caused by such overindulgence

4. (tr) to supply or feed excessively; satiate

5. (intr) archaic to eat, drink, or be supplied to excess

6. (intr) obsolete to feel uncomfortable as a consequence of overindulgence

[C13: from French surfait, from surfaire to overdo, from sur-¹ + faire, from Latin facere to do]

ˈsurfeiter n

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sur•feit

(ˈsɜr fɪt)

n.

1. excess; an excessive amount.

2. excess or overindulgence in eating or drinking.

3. an uncomfortably full feeling due to excessive eating or drinking.

4. general disgust caused by excess or satiety.

v.t.

5. to supply or feed to excess or satiety; satiate.

v.i.

6. to indulge in something, as food or drink, to excess.

[1250–1300; < Middle French surfait, surfet, n. use of past participle of surfaire to overdo =sur- sur-¹ + faire to do « Latin facere]

surfeit

Past participle: surfeited
Gerund: surfeiting

Imperative
surfeit
surfeit

Present
I surfeit
you surfeit
he/she/it surfeits
we surfeit
you surfeit
they surfeit

Preterite
I surfeited
you surfeited
he/she/it surfeited
we surfeited
you surfeited
they surfeited

Present Continuous
I am surfeiting
you are surfeiting
he/she/it is surfeiting
we are surfeiting
you are surfeiting
they are surfeiting

Present Perfect
I have surfeited
you have surfeited
he/she/it has surfeited
we have surfeited
you have surfeited
they have surfeited

Past Continuous
I was surfeiting
you were surfeiting
he/she/it was surfeiting
we were surfeiting
you were surfeiting
they were surfeiting

Past Perfect
I had surfeited
you had surfeited
he/she/it had surfeited
we had surfeited
you had surfeited
they had surfeited

Future
I will surfeit
you will surfeit
he/she/it will surfeit
we will surfeit
you will surfeit
they will surfeit

Future Perfect
I will have surfeited
you will have surfeited
he/she/it will have surfeited
we will have surfeited
you will have surfeited
they will have surfeited

Future Continuous
I will be surfeiting
you will be surfeiting
he/she/it will be surfeiting
we will be surfeiting
you will be surfeiting
they will be surfeiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been surfeiting
you have been surfeiting
he/she/it has been surfeiting
we have been surfeiting
you have been surfeiting
they have been surfeiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been surfeiting
you will have been surfeiting
he/she/it will have been surfeiting
we will have been surfeiting
you will have been surfeiting
they will have been surfeiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been surfeiting
you had been surfeiting
he/she/it had been surfeiting
we had been surfeiting
you had been surfeiting
they had been surfeiting

Conditional
I would surfeit
you would surfeit
he/she/it would surfeit
we would surfeit
you would surfeit
they would surfeit

Past Conditional
I would have surfeited
you would have surfeited
he/she/it would have surfeited
we would have surfeited
you would have surfeited
they would have surfeited

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Noun	1.	surfeit - the state of being more than full overabundance, excess fullness - the condition of being filled to capacity
	2.	surfeit - the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall glut, oversupply overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email"
	3.	surfeit - eating until excessively full repletion eating, feeding - the act of consuming food
Verb	1.	surfeit - supply or feed to surfeit cloy furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	surfeit - indulge (one's appetite) to satiety luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"

surfeit

noun excess, plethora, glut, satiety, overindulgence, superabundance, superfluity Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.
excess want, lack, shortage, deficiency, scarcity, dearth, shortness, insufficiency

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surfeit

verb

To satisfy to the full or to excess:

cloy, engorge, glut, gorge, pall, sate, satiate.

noun

1. Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink:

excess, intemperance, overindulgence.

2. The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction:

engorgement, repletion, satiation, satiety.

3. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:

embarrassment, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness.

Translations

excès surabondance

eccesso

surfeit

[ˈsɜːfɪt]

A. N → exceso m
there is a surfeit of → hay exceso de

B. VT → hartar, saciar (on, with de) to surfeit o.s → hartarse, saciarse (on, with de)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

surfeit

[ˈsɜː^rfɪt] n
a surfeit of → une surabondance de

surfeit

n → Übermaß nt, → Zuviel nt (→ of an +dat)

vt sb, oneself → übersättigen, überfüttern (on, with mit)

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surfeit

[ˈsɜːfɪt] n (frm) → sovrabbondanza

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There is nothing so absurd, so surfeiting, so ridiculous, as a man heated by wine in his head, and wicked gust in his inclination together; he is in the possession of two devils at once, and can no more govern himself by his reason than a mill can grind without water; his vice tramples upon all that was in him that had any good in it, if any such thing there was; nay, his very sense is blinded by its own rage, and he acts absurdities even in his views; such a drinking more, when he is drunk already; picking up a common woman, without regard to what she is or who she is, whether sound or rotten, clean or unclean, whether ugly or handsome, whether old or young, and so blinded as not really to distinguish.

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