2. To indulge to satiety in any gratification.

Sur"feit, v. t. [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.

Sur"feit*er (?), n. One who surfeits. Shak.

Sur"feit-wa`ter (?), n. Water for the cure of surfeits. [Obs.] Locke.

{ Sur"fel, Sur"fle } (?), v. t. [Cf. Sulphur.] To wash, as the face,

with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur.

[Obs.]

She shall no oftener powder her hair, [or] surfel her cheeks, . . .

but she shall as often gaze on my picture.

Ford.

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