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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surfeit \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.


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     2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits
        us with compliments. --V. Knox.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surfeited
       adj : 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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