surfeit
noun
excess; an excessive amount.
had surfeited
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past perfectof surfeit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I realized for the first time that the east had surfeited me with picturesqueness.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
The other woman had surfeited him with classicalities.
From The Henchman by Mark Lee Luther
He sat on the right of Mademoiselle Adèle, while on the left was her new lover, the corpulent Anatole, who had surfeited himself on truffles.
From Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lange Kielland
And when I had surfeited thy longing, and dismissed thee, I meant it to be the end, for it was all I had to give.
From The Substance of a Dream by F. W. (Francis William) Bain
No possible provocations could afterwards tempt him to a duel; and no wonder that one's conscience loathed that whereof he had surfeited.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
