Not with me, That in my hands surprise the sovereignity.
J. Webster.
Syn. -- See Astonish.
Sur*prise"ment (?), n. Surprisal. [Obs.] Daniel.
Sur*pris"er (?), n. One who surprises.
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.
{ Sur"que*dous (?), Sur"que*drous (?), } a. Having or exhibiting
surquedry; arrogant; insolent. [Obs.] Gower. James II. of Scot.
{ 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.
Sur`re*bound" (?), v. i. To give back echoes; to reëcho. [Obs.]
Chapman.
Sur`re*but" (?), v. i. [Pref. sur + rebut.] (Law) To reply, as a
plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Sur`re*but"er (?), n. (Law) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's
rebutter.
Sur"rein` (?), v. t. [Pref. sur + rein.] To override; to exhaust by
riding. [Obs.] Shak.
Sur`re*join" (?), v. i. [Pref. sur + rejoin.] (Law) To reply, as a
plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Sur`re*join"der (?), n. (Law) The answer of a plaintiff to a
defendant's rejoinder.
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.
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.
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) (a) 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 delivery up of
fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign
state. See Extradition. Wharton.
Sur*ren`der*ee" (?), n. (Law) The person to whom a surrender is made.
Mozley & W.
Sur*ren"der*er (?), n. One who surrenders.
Sur*ren`der*or" (?), n. (Law) One who makes a surrender, as of an
estate. Bouvier.