Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUR-FEIT
SUR-FEIT, v.t. [sur'fit; Fr. sur, over, and faire, fait, to do, L. facio.]
- To feed with meat or drink, so as to oppress the stomach and derange the functions of the system; to overfeed and produce sickness or uneasiness.
- To cloy; to fill to satiety and disgust. He surfeits us with his eulogies.
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