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. ]
Let not Sir Surfeit sit at thy board. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]
Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who surfeits. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Water for the cure of surfeits. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]