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.
Sur"rey (?), n. A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated)
somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.
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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Sur"ro*gate (?), v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute.
[R.] Dr. H. More.
Sur"ro*gate*ship, n. The office of a surrogate.
Sur`ro*ga"tion (?), n. [See Surrogate, n., and cf. Subrogation.] The
act of substituting one person in the place of another. [R.]
Killingbeck.
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.
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.
Sur*round"ing, a. Inclosing; encircling.
Sur*round"ing, n. 1. An encompassing.
2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or attending
circumstances or conditions.
Sur*roy"al (?), n. [Pref. sur- + royal.] (Zoöl.) One of the terminal
branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other
large deer.
Sur"sa*nure (?), n. [(Assumed) OF. sursaneüre. See Sur-, and Sane.] A
wound healed or healing outwardly only. [Obs.]
Of a sursanure In surgery is perilous the cure.
Chaucer.
Sur"se*ance (?), n. [OF., fr. OF. & F. surseoir. See Surcease.] Peace;
quiet. [Obs.] Bacon.
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.