Definizione monolingua

surfeit

surfeit (third-person singular simple present surfeits, present participle surfeiting, simple past and past participle surfeited)

1. (transitive) To fill to excess.
2. (transitive) To feed someone to excess.

   She surfeited her children on sweets.

3. (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess.
4. (intransitive, reflexive) To sicken from overindulgence.

surfeit (countable and uncountable; plural surfeits)

1. (countable) An excessive amount of something.

   A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.

2. (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
3. (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

   King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.

Definizione dizionario surfeit

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Altri significati:

(transitive) To fill to excess.

(countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

(countable) An excessive amount of something.

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

(uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

(intransitive, reflexive) To sicken from overindulgence.

(transitive) To feed someone to excess.