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cloy

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  1. satiate               
 
cloy \'klo.i\ \-in-le-\ vb [ME acloien to lame, fr. MF encloer to drive in 
   a nail, fr. ML i]nclavare, fr. L in + clavus, nail : to surfeit with an 
   excess usu. of something orig. pleasing  : to cause surfeit  - cloy.ing.ly 
   av