How to pronounce“surfeit”in English
nounsome of that demand for housing in the south of england in beautiful places like kent is moved to just as beautiful
places in the north of england where we have a surfeit of land but fewer jobs and i think really this
government will have succeeded when it seeks to level up the north to ensure that we have the demand in the north for high quality
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Definitions of “surfeit”
Sated; surfeited; filled.
“If it proceed from the third occaſion, which is ſurfeit of Meats and Drinks, either natural or unnatural, then the ſigns are theſe ; […]”
An excessive amount of something.
“A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price.”
Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
“I feel too much thy blessing: make it [this excess]less, For fear I surfeit! Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made.”
To fill (something) to excess.
“You are three men of sin, whom Destiny, That hath to instrument this lower world And what is in’t,—the never-surfeited sea Hath caused to belch up you;”
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