Overeat \O`ver*eat"\, v. t. & i.
1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To eat to excess; -- sometimes with a reflexive; as, she
overate at the party and spent the next week dieting.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
overeat
v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on
icecream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, gormandize,
gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate,
scarf out]
WordNet (r) 2.0
OVEREAT, v. To dine.
Hail, Gastronome, Apostle of Excess,
Well skilled to overeat without distress!
Thy great invention, the unfatal feast,
Shows Man's superiority to Beast.
John Boop
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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