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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.

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.