Both Uses
surfeit
in
The Merchant of Venice
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- You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet, for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.†
Scene 1.2 *
- be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; In measure rain thy joy; scant this excess; I feel too much thy blessing; make it less, For fear I surfeit!†
Scene 3.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(surfeit) an excessive amount; or to overindulge
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)