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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surfeit \Sur"feit\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Surfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfeiting}.]
1. To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.
2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. --V. Knox.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surfeited
adjective: fed beyond capacity or desire [syn: {gorged}, {sated}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "surfeited": SRO, allayed, bloated, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, choked, chuck-full, cloyed, congested, cram-full, crammed, crowded, disgusted, distended, drenched, engorged, farci, fed-up, filled, filled to overflowing, flush, full, full of, full to bursting, glutted, gorged, hyperemic, in spate, jaded, jam-packed, jammed, overblown, overburdened, overcharged, overfed, overflowing, overfraught, overfreighted, overfull, overgorged, overladen, overloaded, oversaturated, overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweighted, packed, packed like sardines, plenary, plethoric, ready to burst, replete, round, running over, sated, satiate, satiated, satisfied, saturated, sick of, slaked, soaked, standing room only, stuffed, stuffed up, supercharged, supersaturated, surcharged, swollen, tired of, topful, with a bellyful, with a snootful, with enough of
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