English Dictionary

surfeit

/ˈsɜː.fɪt/

verb

(transitive) To fill (something) to excess. / (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something). / (transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.

He surfeited himself with pizza and ended up feeling sick.

意味（1）

(transitive) To fill (something) to excess.

You are three men of sin, whom Destiny,

That hath to instrument this lower world

And what is in’t,—the never-surfeited sea

You are three men of sin, whom Destiny, That hath to instrument this lower world And what is in’t,—the never-surfeited sea Hath caused to belch up you;

意味（2）

(transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).

She surfeited her children on sweets.

意味（3）

(transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.

[…] that proportion of meat surfetteth, and surchargeth the stomacks of some, which is not enough to satisfie the hunger of others,

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.

While some glad Rival in her Arms did lye,

While some glad Rival in her Arms did lye, Glutted with Love and surfeited with Joy.

意味（5）

(transitive) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).

[…] his appetite for vulgar praise had not yet been surfeited;

意味（6）

(intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

意味（7）

(intransitive, reflexive, figuratively) To indulge (in something) to excess.

After surfeiting itself with the Feast here provided for it, the Eye, by using a little Exercise in travelling about the Country, grows hungry again, and returns to the Entertainment with fresh Appetite.

意味（8）

(intransitive, reflexive) To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).

[…] they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.