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surfaire (s.xiii3/4)
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surfaire (s.xiii3/4)

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sourefaire;  surfeire,  surfere  
  FEW:  facere 3,350b Gdf:  sourfaire 7,530c GdfC:  surfaire 10,730b TL: sorfaire 9,894 DEAF:  faire (sorfaire)  DMF:  surfaire  TLF:  surfaire  OED:  surfeit v.  MED:  surfeten  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to exaggerate, overdo: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) Le mestre keu la dame qe atire sa viaunde, Mal Usage ad a noun, qe surfeit trop demaunde: Chose qe purreit sufire si la fet trop graunde  BOZ Char 530

v.intrans.

to overindulge, be excessive: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 ) (causes of infertility in women:) [...] home est de freide nature Ki al derain sourefera E la semence s’avauncera (='will be ejaculated prematurely')  Medica 22ra
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) la quarte fille de Gule, q’ad noun Superfluité [...] qe tous les jours surfait, Sibien en boire q’en manger  GOWER Mirour 8330

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See also:

faire1  sur2  surfait1  surfaitous  surfaiture 
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