Word Study
overeat
CIDE DICTIONARY
overeat, v. t. & i.
- To gnaw all over, or on all sides. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To eat to excess; -- sometimes with a reflexive; as, she overate at the party and spent the next week dieting. [1913 Webster]
DEVIL DICTIONARY
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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