n. [ OE. surfet, OF. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, fr. surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, F. surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, L. facere. See Sur-, and Fact. ] 1. Excess in eating and drinking. [ 1913 Webster ] Let not Sir Surfeit sit at thy board. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ] Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking. [ 1913 Webster ] To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Disgust caused by excess; satiety. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ] Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] |