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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Surfet, Surfeit, -fit, v. [ME and e.m.E. sorfet(en (Piers Plowman), surfet(e (1422); Surfet n.] intr. To indulge to excess. —a. 1556 Knox IV 227.
Gif any man will … say daylie Grace … and yit … hant the taverne, surfeit, and banket … I can not trust that his conscience is pure 1662 Forbes Cantus xl.
Let us enjoy thee still, sweet gentle night, That we may surfit in those pleasant dreams —b. 1612 Fugitive Poetry II iv 2/2.
If greife would give me leaue to let the world have part Of that which it (though surfetting) engrosses in my hart
