Surplice (n.) A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.
Surpliced (a.) Wearing a surplice.
Surplus (n.) That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
Surplus (n.) Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.
Surplus (a.) Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus population; surplus words.
Surplusage (n.) Surplus; excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted.
Surplusage (n.) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
Surplusage (n.) A greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
Surprisal (n.) The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.
Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
Surprise (n.) 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.
Surprise (n.) Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
Surprise (n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
Surprised (imp. & p. p.) of Surprise
Surprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surprise
Surprise (n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
Surprise (n.) To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
Surprise (n.) 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.
Surprise (n.) To hold possession of; to hold.
Surprisement (n.) Surprisal.
Surpriser (n.) One who surprises.
Surprising (a.) Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger.
Surquedous (a.) Alt. of Surquedrous
Surquedrous (a.) Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent.
Surquedry (n.) Alt. of Surquidry
Surquidry (n.) Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence.
Surrebound (v. i.) To give back echoes; to reecho.
Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Surrein (v. t.) To override; to exhaust by riding.
Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Surrejoinder (n.) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Surrendered (imp. & p. p.) of Surrender
Surrendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surrender
Surrender (v. t.) 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.
Surrender (v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
Surrender (v. t.) 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.
Surrender (v. t.) 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 (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 (n.) 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.
Surrender (n.) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Surrender (n.) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition.
Surrenderee (n.) The person to whom a surrender is made.
Surrenderer (n.) One who surrenders.
Surrenderor (n.) One who makes a surrender, as of an estate.
Surrendry (n.) Surrender.
Surreption (n.) The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
Surreption (n.) A coming unperceived or suddenly.
Surreptitious (a.) 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.
Surrey (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.
Surrogate (n.) A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
Surrogate (n.) The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
Surrogate (n.) In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
Surrogate (v. t.) To put in the place of another; to substitute.
Surrogateship (n.) The office of a surrogate.
Surrogation (n.) The act of substituting one person in the place of another.
Surrounded (imp. & p. p.) of Surround
Surrounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surround
Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Surround (v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
Surround (v. t.) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
Surround (v. t.) 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.
Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
Surrounding (a.) Inclosing; encircling.
Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.
Surrounding (n.) The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.
Surroyal (n.) One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.
Sursanure (n.) A wound healed or healing outwardly only.
Surseance (n.) Peace; quiet.
Sursolid (n.) The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2.
Surstyle (v. t.) To surname.
Surtax (n.) An additional or extra tax.
Surtax (v. t.) To impose an additional tax on.
Surtout (n.) A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat.
Surturbrand (n.) A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood.
Surucucu (n.) See Bush master, under Bush.
Surveillance (n.) Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
Surveillants (pl. ) of Surveillant
Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
Surveillant (a.) Overseeing; watchful.
Survened (imp. & p. p.) of Survene
Survening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Survene
Survene (v. t.) To supervene upon; to come as an addition to.
Survenue (n.) A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on.
Surveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Survey
Surveying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Survey
Survey (v. t.) 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.
Survey (v. t.) To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
Survey (v. t.) 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.
Survey (v. t.) 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.
Survey (v. t.) 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.
Survey (n.) The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.
Survey (n.) 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.
Survey (n.) 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.
Surveyal (n.) Survey.
Surveyance (n.) Survey; inspection.
Surveying (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.
Surveyor (n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
Surveyor (n.) One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.