English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Surrogation (n.)

The act of substituting one person in the place of another.

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.

Surrounded (imp. & p. p.)

of Surround

Surrounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Surround

Surrounding (a.)

Inclosing; encircling.

Surrounding (n.)

An encompassing.

Surrounding (n.)

The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

Surrow (n.)

The thar.

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.