From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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