Chapter 1677

Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Isa. xliv. 5.

And Simon he surnamed Peter. Mark iii. 16.

Surnominal <Xpage=1452>

Sur*nom"i*nal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.

Suroxidate <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ox"i*date (?) , v. t. (Chem.) To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide. [Obs.]

Suroxide <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ox"ide (?) , n. [Cf. F. suroxyde . See Sur- , and Oxide .] (Chem.) A peroxide. [Obs.]

Surpass <Xpage=1452>

Sur*pass" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surpassed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surpassing .] [F. surpasser ; sur over + passer to pass. See Sur- , and Pass .] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton.

Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.

Surpassable <Xpage=1452>

Sur*pass"a*ble (?) , a. That may be surpassed.

Surpassing <Xpage=1452>

Sur*pass"ing , a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton . -- Sur*pass"ing*ly , adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness , n.

Surphul <Xpage=1452>

Sur"phul (?) , v. t. To surfel. [Obs.]

Marston.

Surplice <Xpage=1452>

Sur"plice (?) , n. [F. surplis , OF. surpeiz , LL. superpellicium ; super over + pellicium , pelliceum , a robe of fur, L. pellicius made of skins. See Pelisse .] (Eccl.) A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.

Surplice fees (Eccl.) , fees paid to the English clergy for occasional duties.

Surpliced <Xpage=1452>

Sur"pliced (?) , a. Wearing a surplice.

Surplus <Xpage=1452>

Sur"plus (?) , n. [F., fr. sur over + plus more. See Sur- , and Plus , and cf. Superplus .] 1. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.

2. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government. <-- = budgetary surplus -->

Surplus <Xpage=1452>

Sur"plus , a. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.

When the price of corn falleth, men give over surplus tillage, and break no more ground. Carew.

Surplusage <Xpage=1452>

Sur"plus*age (?) , n. [See Surplus , and cf. Superplusage .] 1. Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted .

Take what thou please of all this surplusage . Spenser.

A surplusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature. Emerson.

2. (Law) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.

3. (Accounts) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to. [Obs.]

Rees.

Surprisal <Xpage=1452>

Sur*pris"al (?) , n. [See Surprise , n. ] The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.

How to secure the lady from surprisal . Milton.

Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its surprisal . Barrow.

Surprise <Xpage=1452>

Sur*prise" (?) , n. [F. surprise , fr. surprendre , surpris ; sur over + prendre to take, L. prehendere . See Sur- , and Prehensile .] 1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise .

2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.

Pure surprise and fear Made me to quit the house. Shak.

3. Anything that causes such a state or emotion.

4. A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents. [Obs.]

King.

Surprise party , a party of persons who assemble by mutual agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a common friend. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Syn. -- Wonder; astonishment; amazement.

Surprise <Xpage=1452>

Sur*prise" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surprised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surprising .] [From Surprise , n. : cf. F. surprendre , p.p. surpris .] 1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.

Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Isa. xxxiii. 14.

The castle of Macduff I will surprise . Shak.

Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised his heart? Thomson.

2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me .

I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak.

Up he starts, Discovered and surprised . Milton.

3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into ; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity .

4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]

Not with me, That in my hands surprise the sovereignity. J. Webster.

Syn. -- See Astonish .

Surprisement <Xpage=1452>

Sur*prise"ment (?) , n. Surprisal. [Obs.]

Daniel.

Surpriser <Xpage=1452>

Sur*pris"er (?) , n. One who surprises.

Surprising <Xpage=1452>

Sur*pris"ing , a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly , adv. -- Sur*pris"ing*ness , n.

Syn. -- Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing; striking.

Surquedous, Surquedrous <Xpage=1452>

Sur"que*dous (?) , Sur"que*drous (?) , a. Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent. [Obs.]

Gower. James II. of Scot.

Surquedry, Surquidry <Xpage=1452>

Sur"que*dry (?) , Sur"qui*dry , n. [OF. surcuidier to presume; sur over + cuidier to think, L. cogitare . See Sur- , and Cogitate .] Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Then pay you the price of your surquedry . Spenser.

Surrebound <Xpage=1452>

Sur`re*bound" (?) , v. i. To give back echoes; to re\'89cho. [Obs.]

Chapman.

Surrebut <Xpage=1452>

Sur`re*but" (?) , v. i. [Pref. sur + rebut .] (Law) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

Surrebuter <Xpage=1452>

Sur`re*but"er (?) , n. (Law) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

Surrein <Xpage=1452>

Sur"rein` (?) , v. t. [Pref. sur + rein .] To override; to exhaust by riding. [Obs.]

Shak.

Surrejoin <Xpage=1452>

Sur`re*join" (?) , v. i. [Pref. sur + rejoin .] (Law) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.

Surrejoinder <Xpage=1452>

Sur`re*join"der (?) , n. (Law) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.

Surrender <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren"der (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surrendered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrendering .] [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur over + rendre to render. See Sur- , and Render .] 1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship .

2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage .

To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them. Hooker.

3. To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep .

4. (Law) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion .

Surrender <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren"der , v. i. To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons .

Surrender <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren"der , n. 1. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right .

That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. Burke.

2. (Law) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion. (b) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail. (c) The delivry up oh fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition .

Wharton.

Surrenderee <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren`der*ee" (?) , n. (Law) The person to whom a surrender is made.

Mozley & W.

Surrenderer <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren"der*er (?) , n. One who surrenders.

Surrenderor <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren`der*or" (?) , n. (Law) One who makes a surrender, as of an estate.

Bouvier.

Surrendry <Xpage=1452>

Sur*ren"dry (?) , n. Surrender. [Obs.]

Surreption <Xpage=1452>

Sur*rep"tion (?) , n. [L. surreptio , or subreptio . Cf. Subreption .] 1. The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.

Fame by surreption got May stead us for the time, but lasteth not. B. Jonson.

2. A coming unperceived or suddenly.

Surreptitious <Xpage=1452>

Sur`rep*ti"tious (?) , a. [L. surreptitius , or subreptitius , fr. surripere , subripere , to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See Sub- , and Ravish .] Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods . -- Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly , adv.

Surrey <Xpage=1452>

Sur"rey (?) , n. A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.

Surrogate <Xpage=1452>

Sur"ro*gate (?) , n. [L. surrogatus , p.p. of surrogare , subrogare , to put in another's place, to substitute; sub under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See Rogation , and cf. Subrogate .] 1. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.]

3. In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

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Surrogate <Xpage=1453>

Sur"ro*gate (?) , v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.]

Dr. H. More.

Surrogateship <Xpage=1453>

Sur"ro*gate*ship , n. The office of a surrogate.

Surrogation <Xpage=1453>

Sur`ro*ga"tion (?) , n. [See Surrogate , n. , and cf. Subrogation .] The act of substituting one person in the place of another. [R.]

Killingbeck.

Surround <Xpage=1453>

Sur*round" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surrounded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrounding .] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL. superundare ; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the influence of E. round . See Super- , and Undulate , and cf. Abound .] 1. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city .

But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me. Milton.

3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world . [Obs.]

Fuller.

4. (Mil.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.

Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about.

Surround <Xpage=1453>

Sur*round" , n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.]

Baird.

Surrounding <Xpage=1453>

Sur*round"ing , a. Inclosing; encircling.

Surrounding <Xpage=1453>

Sur*round"ing , n. 1. An encompassing.

2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

Surroyal <Xpage=1453>

Sur*roy"al (?) , n. [Pref. sur- + royal .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.

Sursanure <Xpage=1453>

Sur"sa*nure (?) , n. [(Assumed) OF. sursane\'81re . See Sur- , and Sane .] A wound healed or healing outwardly only. [Obs.]

Of a sursanure In surgery is perilous the cure. Chaucer.

Surseance <Xpage=1453>

Sur"se*ance (?) , n. [OF., fr. OF. & F. surseoir . See Surcease .] Peace; quiet. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Sursolid <Xpage=1453>

Sur*sol"id (?) , n. [F. sursolide . See Sur- , and Solid .] (Math.) The fifth power of a number; as, a<?/ is the sursolid of a , or 32 that of 2 . [R.]

Hutton.

Surstyle <Xpage=1453>

Sur*style" (?) , v. t. To surname. [R.]

Surtax <Xpage=1453>

Sur"tax (?) , n. An additional or extra tax.

Surtax <Xpage=1453>

Sur*tax" (?) , v. t. To impose an additional tax on.

Surtout <Xpage=1453>

Sur*tout" (?) , n. [F., fr. sur over + tout all.] A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat.

Gay.

Surturbrand <Xpage=1453>

Sur"tur*brand (?) , n. [Icel. surtarbrandr ; svartr black + brandr a firebrand.] A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.

Surucucu <Xpage=1453>

Su`ru*cu"cu (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Bush master , under Bush .

Surveillance <Xpage=1453>

Sur*veil"lance (?) , n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare . See Sur- , and Vigil .] Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.

That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have accused the old. Sir W. Scott.

Surveillant <Xpage=1453>

Sur*veil"lant (?) , n. ; pl. Surveillants (#) . [F., fr. surveiller to watch over. See Surveillance .] One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.

Surveillant <Xpage=1453>

Sur*veil"lant , a. Overseeing; watchful.

Survene <Xpage=1453>

Sur*vene" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Survened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Survening .] [F. survenir . See Supervene .] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.]

A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey.

Survenue <Xpage=1453>

Sur"ve*nue (?) , n. [OF. See Survene .] A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on. [Obs.]

Survey <Xpage=1453>

Sur*vey" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surveyed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surveying .] [OF. surveoir , surveer ; sur , sor , over, E. sur + veoir , veeir , to see, F. voir , L. videre . See Sur- , and Vision , and cf. Supervise .] 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country .

Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above. Milton.

2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.

With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round. Dryden.

3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire .

4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast .

5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [Eng.]

Jacob (Law Dict.).

Survey <Xpage=1453>

Sur"vey (?) , n. [Formerly accentuated universally on the last syllable, and still so accented by many speakers.] 1. The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.

Under his proud survey the city lies. Sir J. Denham.

2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings .

3. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it.