SURADDITION — SURTOUT

SURADDITION — SURTOUT NWAD SURADDITION.1

SURADDITION, n. Something added to the name. [Not used.] NWAD SURADDITION.1

SURAL, a. [L. sura.] Being in or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as the sural artery. NWAD SURAL.1

SURANCE, for assurance, not used. NWAD SURANCE.1

SURBASE, n. [sur and base.] A border or molding above the base. NWAD SURBASE.1

SURBASED, a. Having a surbase, or molding above the base. NWAD SURBASED.1

SURBATE, v.t. [either L. sub and battere, or solea, sole, and battere, to beat the sole or hoof.] NWAD SURBATE.1

1. To bruise or batter the feet by travel. NWAD SURBATE.2

Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen’s feet. NWAD SURBATE.3

2. To harass; to fatigue. NWAD SURBATE.4

SURBATED, pp. Bruised in the feet; harassed; fatigued. NWAD SURBATED.1

SURBATING, ppr. Bruising the feet of; fatiguing. NWAD SURBATING.1

Surbeat or surbet, for surbate, not in use. NWAD SURBATING.2

SURBED, v.t. [sur and bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. NWAD SURBED.1

SURCEASE, v.i. NWAD SURCEASE.1

1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end. NWAD SURCEASE.2

2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally. NWAD SURCEASE.3

So pray’d he, whilst an angel’s voice from high, NWAD SURCEASE.4

Bade him surcease to importune the sky. NWAD SURCEASE.5

[This word is entirely useless, being precisely synonymous with cease, and it is nearly obsolete.] NWAD SURCEASE.6

SURCEASE, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease. NWAD SURCEASE.7

SURCEASE, n. Cessation; stop. NWAD SURCEASE.8

SURCHARGE, v.t. NWAD SURCHARGE.1

1. To overload; to overburden; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. NWAD SURCHARGE.2

Your head reclin’d, as hiding grief from view, NWAD SURCHARGE.3

Droops like a rose surcharg’d with morning dew. NWAD SURCHARGE.4

2. In law, to overstock; to put more cattle into a common than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. NWAD SURCHARGE.5

SURCH`ARGE, n. An excessive load or burden; a load greater than can be well borne. NWAD SURCHARGE.6

SURCHARGED, pp. Overloaded; overstocked. NWAD SURCHARGED.1

SURCHARGER, n. One that overloads or overstocks. NWAD SURCHARGER.1

SURCHARGING, ppr. Overloading; burdening to excess; overstocking with cattle or beasts. NWAD SURCHARGING.1

SURCINGLE, n. [L. cingulum, a belt.] NWAD SURCINGLE.1

1. A belt, band or girth which passes over a saddle, or over any thing laid on a horse’s back, to bind it fast. NWAD SURCINGLE.2

2. The girdle of a cassoc. NWAD SURCINGLE.3

SURCINGLED, a. Girt; bound with a surcingle. NWAD SURCINGLED.1

SURCLE, n. [L. surculus.] A little shoot; a twig; a sucker. NWAD SURCLE.1

SURCOAT, n. A short coat worn over the other clothes. NWAD SURCOAT.1

SURCREW, n. [sur and crew.] Additional crew or collection. [Not in use.] NWAD SURCREW.1

SURCULATE, v.t. [L. surculo.] To prune. [Not in use.] NWAD SURCULATE.1

SURCULATION, n. The act of pruning. [Not in use.] NWAD SURCULATION.1

SURD, a. [L. surdus, deaf.] Deaf; not having the sense of hearing. [Not used.] NWAD SURD.1

1. Upheard. [Not used.] NWAD SURD.2

2. Designating a quantity whose root cannot be exactly expressed in numbers. NWAD SURD.3

SURD, n. In algebra, a quantity whose root cannot be exactly expressed in numbers. Thus 2 is a surd number, because there is no number which multiplied into itself, will exactly produce 2. NWAD SURD.4

SURDITY, n. Deafness. [Not used.] NWAD SURDITY.1

SURE, a. shure. [L. assevero, and to be connected with swear, and perhaps with L. verus; s being the remains of a prefix.] NWAD SURE.1

1. Certain; unfailing; infallible. NWAD SURE.2

The testimony of the Lord is sure. Psalm 19:7. NWAD SURE.3

We have also a more sure word of prophecy. 2 Peter 1:19. NWAD SURE.4

2. Certainly knowing, or having full confidence. NWAD SURE.5

We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth-- Romans 2:2. NWAD SURE.6

Now we are sure that thou knowest all things. John 16:30. NWAD SURE.7

3. Certain; safe; firm; permanent. NWAD SURE.8

Thy kingdom shall be sure to thee. Daniel 4:26. NWAD SURE.9

4. Firm; stable; steady; not liable to failure, loss or change; as a sure covenant. 2 Samuel 23:5; Nehemiah 9:38; Isaiah 28:16. NWAD SURE.10

The Lord will make my lord a sure house. 1 Samuel 25:28. NWAD SURE.11

So we say, to stand sure, to be sure of foot. NWAD SURE.12

5. Certain of obtaining or of retaining; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health. NWAD SURE.13

6. Strong; secure; not liable to be broken or disturbed. NWAD SURE.14

Go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Matthew 27:65. NWAD SURE.15

7. Certain; not liable to failure. The income is sure. NWAD SURE.16

To be sure, or be sure, certainly. Shall you go? be sure I shall. NWAD SURE.17

To make sure, to make certain; to secure so that there can be no failure of the purpose or object. NWAD SURE.18

Make sure of Cato. NWAD SURE.19

A peace cannot fail, provided we make sure of Spain. NWAD SURE.20

Give all diligence to make your calling and election sure. 2 Peter 1:10. NWAD SURE.21

SURE, adv. Certainly; without doubt; doubtless. NWAD SURE.22

Sure the queen would wish him still unknown. NWAD SURE.23

[But in this sense, surely is more generally used.] NWAD SURE.24

SUREFOOTED, a. [sure and foot.] Not liable to stumble or fall; as a surefooted horse. NWAD SUREFOOTED.1

SURELY, adv. Certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly. NWAD SURELY.1

In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17. NWAD SURELY.2

He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. NWAD SURELY.3

1. Firmly; without danger of falling. NWAD SURELY.4

He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely. Proverbs 10:9. NWAD SURELY.5

SURENESS, n. Certainty. NWAD SURENESS.1

For more sureness he repeats it. [Little used.] NWAD SURENESS.2

SURETISHIP, n. [from surety.] The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for another, and make good any debt or loss which may occur from another’s delinquency. NWAD SURETISHIP.1

He that hateth suretiship is sure. Proverbs 11:15. NWAD SURETISHIP.2

SURETY, n. Certainty; indubitableness. NWAD SURETY.1

Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs-- Genesis 15:13. NWAD SURETY.2

1. Security; safety. NWAD SURETY.3

Yet for the more surety they looked round about. NWAD SURETY.4

2. Foundation of stability; support. NWAD SURETY.5

We our state NWAD SURETY.6

Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; NWAD SURETY.7

On other surety none. NWAD SURETY.8

3. Evidence; ratification; confirmation. NWAD SURETY.9

She call’d the saints to surety. NWAD SURETY.10

That she would never put it from her finger, NWAD SURETY.11

Unless she gave it to yourself. NWAD SURETY.12

4. Security against loss or damage; security for payment. NWAD SURETY.13

There remains unpaid NWAD SURETY.14

A hundred thousand more, in surety of the which NWAD SURETY.15

One part of Aquitain is bound to us. NWAD SURETY.16

5. In law, one that is bound with and for another; one who enters into a bond or recognizance to answer for another’s appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt or for the performance of some act, and who, in case of the principal debtor’s failure, is compellable to pay the debt or damages; a bondsman; a bail. NWAD SURETY.17

He that is surety for a stranger, shall smart for it. Proverbs 11:15. NWAD SURETY.18

Thy servant became surety for the lad to my father. Genesis 44:32. NWAD SURETY.19

6. In Scripture, Christ is called “the surety of a better testament.” Hebrews 7:22. He undertook to make atonement for the sins of men, and thus prepare the way to deliver them from the punishment to which they had rendered themselves liable. NWAD SURETY.20

7. A hostage. NWAD SURETY.21

SURF, n. The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, or upon sand banks or rocks. NWAD SURF.1

1. In agriculture, the bottom or conduit of a drain. [Local.] NWAD SURF.2

SURFACE, n. The exterior part of any thing that has length and breadth; one of the limits that terminates a solid; the superficies; outside; as the surface of the earth; the surface of the sea; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body; the surface of a cylinder; an even or an uneven surface; a smooth or rough surface; a spherical surface. NWAD SURFACE.1

SURFEIT, v.t. sur’fit. [L. facio.] NWAD SURFEIT.1

1. To feed with meat or drink, so as to oppress the stomach and derange the functions of the system; to overfeed and produce sickness or uneasiness. NWAD SURFEIT.2

2. To cloy; to fill to satiety and disgust. He surfeits us with his eulogies. NWAD SURFEIT.3

SURFEIT, v.i. To be fed till the system is oppressed and sickness or uneasiness ensues. NWAD SURFEIT.4

They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. NWAD SURFEIT.5

SURFEIT, n. Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned by excessive eating and drinking. He has not recovered from a surfeit. NWAD SURFEIT.6

1. Excess in eating and drinking. NWAD SURFEIT.7

Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. NWAD SURFEIT.8

SURFEITED, pp. Surcharges and oppressed with eating and drinking to excess; cloyed. NWAD SURFEITED.1

SURFEITER, n. One who riots; a glutton. NWAD SURFEITER.1

SURFEITING, ppr. Oppressing the system by excessive eating and drinking; cloying; loading or filling to disgust. NWAD SURFEITING.1

SURFEITING, n. The act of feeding to excess; gluttony. Luke 21:34. NWAD SURFEITING.2

SURFEIT-WATER, n. [surfeit and water.] Water for the cure of surfeits. NWAD SURFEIT-WATER.1

SURGE, n. [L. surgo, to rise.] NWAD SURGE.1

1. A large wave or billow; great rolling swell of water. [It is not applied to small waves, and is chiefly used in poetry and eloquence.] NWAD SURGE.2

He flies aloft, and with impetuous roar, NWAD SURGE.3

Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. NWAD SURGE.4

2. In ship-building, the tapered part in front of the whelps, between the chocks of a capstan, on which the messenger may surge. NWAD SURGE.5

SURGE, v.i. To swell; to rise high and roll; as waves. NWAD SURGE.6

The surging waters like a mountain rise. NWAD SURGE.7

1. To slip back, as, the cable surges. NWAD SURGE.8

SURGELESS, a. surj’less. Free from surges; smooth; calm. NWAD SURGELESS.1

SURGEON, n. sur’jen. [contracted from chirurgeon.] One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation. In a more general sense, one whose occupation is to cure external diseases, whether by manual operation, or by medicines externally or internally. NWAD SURGEON.1

SURGERY, n. Properly, the act of healing by manual operation; or that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body. In a more general sense, the act of healing external diseases by manual operation or by medicines; or that branch of medical science which has for its principal object the cure of external injuries. NWAD SURGERY.1

SURGICAL, a. Pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery. NWAD SURGICAL.1

SURGING, ppr. Swelling and rolling, as billows. NWAD SURGING.1

Surging waves against a solid rock. NWAD SURGING.2

SURGY, a. Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; as the surgy main. NWAD SURGY.1

SURICATE, n. An animal like the ichneumon; the four toed weasel. NWAD SURICATE.1

SURLILY, adv. [from surly.] In a surly, morose manner. NWAD SURLILY.1

SURLINESS, n. Gloomy moroseness; crabbed ill nature; as the surliness of a dog. NWAD SURLINESS.1

SURLING, n. A sour morose fellow. [Not in use.] NWAD SURLING.1

SURLY, a. NWAD SURLY.1

1. Gloomily morose; crabbed; snarling; sternly sour; rough; cross and rude; as a surly groom; a surly dog. NWAD SURLY.2

That surly spirit, melancholy. NWAD SURLY.3

2. Rough; dark; tempestuous. NWAD SURLY.4

Now soften’d into joy the surly storm. NWAD SURLY.5

SURMISAL, n. Surmise. [Not in use.] NWAD SURMISAL.1

SURMISE, v.t. surmi’ze. To suspect; to imagine without certain knowledge; to entertain thoughts that something does or will exist, but upon slight evidence. NWAD SURMISE.1

It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew NWAD SURMISE.2

That what before she but surmis’d, was true. NWAD SURMISE.3

This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. NWAD SURMISE.4

SURMISE, n. Suspicion; the thought or imagination that something may be, of which however there is no certain or strong evidence; as the surmises of jealousy or of envy. NWAD SURMISE.5

We double honor gain NWAD SURMISE.6

From his surmise prov’d false. NWAD SURMISE.7

No man ought to be charged with principles he disowns, unless his practices contradict his professions; not upon small surmises. NWAD SURMISE.8

SURMISED, pp. Suspected; imagined upon slight evidence. NWAD SURMISED.1

SURMISER, n. One who surmises. NWAD SURMISER.1

SURMISING, ppr. Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence. NWAD SURMISING.1

SURMISING, n. The act of suspecting; surmise; as evil surmisings. 1 Timothy 6:4. NWAD SURMISING.2

SURMOUNT, v.t. NWAD SURMOUNT.1

1. To rise above. NWAD SURMOUNT.2

The mountains of Olympus, Atho and Atlas, surmount all winds and clouds. NWAD SURMOUNT.3

2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles. NWAD SURMOUNT.4

3. To surpass; to exceed. NWAD SURMOUNT.5

What surmounts the reach NWAD SURMOUNT.6

Of human sense-- NWAD SURMOUNT.7

SURMOUNTABLE, a. That may be overcome; superable. NWAD SURMOUNTABLE.1

SURMOUNTED, pp. Overcome; conquered; surpassed. NWAD SURMOUNTED.1

SURMOUNTER, n. One that surmounts. NWAD SURMOUNTER.1

SURMOUNTING, ppr. Rising above; overcoming; surpassing. NWAD SURMOUNTING.1

SURMULLET, n. A fish of the genus Mullus, (M. barbatus,) remarkable for the brilliancy of its colors, and for the changes which they undergo as the fish expires. The name is also applied to other species of the genus. NWAD SURMULLET.1

SURMULOT, n. A name given by Buffon to the brown or Norway rat. NWAD SURMULOT.1

SURNAME, n. [L. super and nomen.] NWAD SURNAME.1

1. An additional name; a name or appellation added to the baptismal or christian name, and which becomes a family name. Surnames, with us, originally designated occupation, estate, place of residence, or some particular thing or event that related to the person. Thus William Rufus or red; Edmund Ironsides; Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. NWAD SURNAME.2

2. An appellation added to the original name. NWAD SURNAME.3

My surname Coriolanus. NWAD SURNAME.4

SURNAME, v.t. To name or call by an appellation added to the original name. NWAD SURNAME.5

Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Isaiah 44:5. NWAD SURNAME.6

And Simon he surnamed Peter. Mark 3:16. NWAD SURNAME.7

SURNAMED, pp. Called by a name added to the christian or original name. NWAD SURNAMED.1

SURNAMING, ppr. Naming by an appellation added to the original name. NWAD SURNAMING.1

SUROXYD, n. [sur and oxyd.] That which contains an addition of oxyd. [Little used.] NWAD SUROXYD.1

SUROXYDATE, v.t. To form a suroxyd. [Little used.] NWAD SUROXYDATE.1

SURPASS, v.t. To exceed; to excel; to go beyond in any thing good or bad. Homer surpasses modern poets in sublimity. Pope surpasses most other poets in smoothness of versification. Achilles surpassed the other Greeks in strength and courage. Clodius surpassed all men in the profligacy of his life. Perhaps no man ever surpassed Washington in genuine patriotism and integrity of life. NWAD SURPASS.1

SURPASSABLE, a. That may be exceeded. NWAD SURPASSABLE.1

SURPASSED, pp. Exceeded; excelled. NWAD SURPASSED.1

SURPASSING, ppr. Exceeding; going beyond. NWAD SURPASSING.1

1. a. Excellent in an eminent degree; exceeding others. NWAD SURPASSING.2

O thou, that with surpassing glory crown’d-- NWAD SURPASSING.3

SURPASSINGLY, adv. In a very excellent manner; or in a degree surpassing others. NWAD SURPASSINGLY.1

SURPLICE, n. sur’plis. [L. super pellicium, above the robe of fur.] NWAD SURPLICE.1

A white garment worn by clergymen of some denominations over their other dress, in their ministrations. It is particularly the habit of the clergy of the church of England. NWAD SURPLICE.2

SURPLICED, a. Wearing a surplice. NWAD SURPLICED.1

SURPLICE-FEES, n. [surplice and fees.] Fees paid to the clergy for occasional duties. NWAD SURPLICE-FEES.1

SURPLUS, n. [L. id., more.] NWAD SURPLUS.1

1. Overplus; that which remains when use is satisfied; excess beyond what is prescribed or wanted. In the United States, the surplus of wheat and rye not required for consumption or exportation, is distilled. NWAD SURPLUS.2

2. In law, the residuum of an estate, after the debts and legacies are paid. NWAD SURPLUS.3

SURPLUSAGE, n. Surplus; as surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted. NWAD SURPLUSAGE.1

1. In law, something in the pleadings or proceedings not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected. NWAD SURPLUSAGE.2

2. In accounts, a greater disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounteth to. NWAD SURPLUSAGE.3

SURPRISAL, n. surpri’zal. [See Surprise.] The act of surprising or coming upon suddenly and unexpectedly; or the state of being taken unawares. NWAD SURPRISAL.1

SURPRISE, v.t. surpri’ze. [L. super, supra, and prendo, to take.] NWAD SURPRISE.1

1. To come or fall upon suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares. NWAD SURPRISE.2

The castle of Macduff I will surprise. NWAD SURPRISE.3

Who can speak NWAD SURPRISE.4

The mingled passions that surpris’d his heart? NWAD SURPRISE.5

2. To strike with wonder or astonishment by something sudden, unexpected or remarkable, either in conduct, words or story, or by the appearance of something unusual. Thus we are surprised at desperate acts of heroism, or at the narration of wonderful events, or at the sight of things of uncommon magnitude or curious structure. NWAD SURPRISE.6

3. To confuse; to throw the mind into disorder by something suddenly presented to the view or to the mind. NWAD SURPRISE.7

Up he starts, discover’d and surpris’d. NWAD SURPRISE.8

SURPRISE, n. The act of coming upon unawares, or of taking suddenly and without preparation. The fort was taken by surprise. NWAD SURPRISE.9

1. The state of being taken unexpectedly. NWAD SURPRISE.10

2. An emotion excited by something happening suddenly and unexpectedly, as something novel told or presented to view. Nothing could exceed his surprise at the narration of these adventures. It expresses less than wonder and astonishment. NWAD SURPRISE.11

3. A dish with nothing in it. [Not in use.] NWAD SURPRISE.12

SURPRISED, pp. Come upon or taken unawares; struck with something novel or unexpected. NWAD SURPRISED.1

SURPRISING, ppr. Falling on or taking suddenly or unawares; striking with something novel; taking by a sudden or unexpected attack. NWAD SURPRISING.1

1. a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as surprising bravery; surprising patience; a surprising escape from danger. NWAD SURPRISING.2

SURPRISINGLY, adv. In a manner or degree that excites surprise. He exerted himself surprisingly to save the life of his companion. NWAD SURPRISINGLY.1

SURQUEDRY, n. [See Heed.] Overweening pride; arrogance. [Not in use.] NWAD SURQUEDRY.1

SURREBUT, v.i. [sur and rebut.] In legal pleadings, to reply, as a plaintif, to a defendant’s rebutter. NWAD SURREBUT.1

SURREBUTTER, n. The plaintif’s reply in pleading to a defendant’s rebutter. NWAD SURREBUTTER.1

SURREJOIN, v.i. [sur and rejoin.] In legal pleadings, to reply, as a plaintif to a defendant’s rejoinder. NWAD SURREJOIN.1

SURREJOINDER, n. The answer of a plaintif to a defendant’s rejoinder. NWAD SURREJOINDER.1

SURRENDER, v.t. [L. sursum, and rendre, to render.] NWAD SURRENDER.1

1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one’s person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To surrender up is not elegant.] NWAD SURRENDER.2

2. To yield; to give up; to resign in favor of another; as, to surrender a right or privilege; to surrender a place or an office. NWAD SURRENDER.3

3. To give up; to resign; as, to surrender the breath. NWAD SURRENDER.4

4. In law, to yield an estate, as a tenant, into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the act. NWAD SURRENDER.5

5. To yield to any influence, passion or power; as, to surrender one’s self to grief, to despair, to indolence or to sleep. NWAD SURRENDER.6

SURRENDER, v.i. To yield; to give up one’s self into the power of another. The enemy seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons. NWAD SURRENDER.7

SURRENDER, n. 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 or of claims. NWAD SURRENDER.8

1. A yielding or giving up. NWAD SURRENDER.9

2. In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for such purposes as are expressed by the tenant in the act. NWAD SURRENDER.10

SURRENDERED, pp. Yielded or delivered to the power of another; given up; resigned. NWAD SURRENDERED.1

SURRENDEREE, n. In law, a person to whom the lord grants surrendered land; the cestuy que use. NWAD SURRENDEREE.1

SURRENDERING, ppr. Yielding or giving up to the power of another; resigning. NWAD SURRENDERING.1

SURRENDEROR, n. The tenant who surrenders an estate into the hands of his lord. NWAD SURRENDEROR.1

Till the admittance of cestuy que use, the lord takes notice of the surrenderor as his tenant. NWAD SURRENDEROR.2

SURRENDRY, n. A surrender. [Surrender is the most elegant and best authorized.] NWAD SURRENDRY.1

SURREPTION, n. [L. surreptus, surrepo; sub and repo, to creep.] NWAD SURREPTION.1

A coming unperceived; a stealing upon insensibly. [Little used.] NWAD SURREPTION.2

SURREPTITIOUS, a. [L. surreptitius, supra.] Done by stealth or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; as a surreptitious passage in a manuscript. NWAD SURREPTITIOUS.1

A correct copy of the Dunciad, the many surreptitious ones have rendered necessary. NWAD SURREPTITIOUS.2

SURREPTITIOUSLY, adv. By stealth; without authority; fraudulently. NWAD SURREPTITIOUSLY.1

SURROGATE, n. [L. surrogatus, surrogo, subrogo; sub and rogo, to propose. Rogo, to ask or propose, signifies primarily to reach, put or thrust forward; and subrogo is to put or set in the place of another.] In a general sense, a deputy; a delegate; a substitute; particularly, the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor. In some of the United States, the judge of probate, of wills and testaments. NWAD SURROGATE.1

SURROGATE, v.t. To put in the place of another. [Little used.] NWAD SURROGATE.2

SURROGATION, n. The act of substituting one person in the place of another. [Little used.] NWAD SURROGATION.1

SURROUND, v.t. [sur and round.] NWAD SURROUND.1

1. To encompass; to environ; to inclose on all sides; as, to surround a city. They surrounded a body of the enemy. NWAD SURROUND.2

2. To lie or be on all sides of; as, a wall or ditch surrounds the city. NWAD SURROUND.3

SURROUNDED, pp. Encompassed; inclosed; beset. NWAD SURROUNDED.1

SURROUNDING, ppr. Encompassing; inclosing; lying on all sides of. NWAD SURROUNDING.1

SURSOLID, n. [sur and solid, or surdesolid.] In mathematics, the fifth power of a number; or the product of the fourth multiplication of a number considered as the root. Thus 3x3=9, the square of 3, and 9x3=27, the third power or cube, and 27x3=81, the fourth power, and 81x3=243, which is the sursolid of 3. NWAD SURSOLID.1

SURSOLID, a. Denoting the fifth power. NWAD SURSOLID.2

Sursolid problem, is that which cannot be resolved but by curves of a higher kind than the conic sections. NWAD SURSOLID.3