overeat
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
overeat
v 1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: {gorge}, {ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {glut},
{englut}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overgorge}, {overeat},
{gormandize}, {gormandise}, {gourmandize}, {binge}, {pig
out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
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
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