surfeit
noun
excess; an excessive amount.
have surfeited
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present perfectof surfeit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Nothing is more contemptible than mediocre poetry," observed Sunderland; "the magazines and souvenirs have surfeited the world with it."
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Your ears must have surfeited on that rubbish, if the very mention of it nauseates you.
From The Comedienne by Edmund Obecny
He must be purged that hath surfeited: The fields have surfeited with summer fruits; They must be purg'd, made poor, oppress'd with snow, Ere they recover their decayed pride.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
No, marry, sir, I will not; I have surfeited of that old woman's face already.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
She crammed enough experience into a career of forty-two years to have surfeited a centenarian.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
