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Surprise - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Surprise : (noun)
1: the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected
happens to you
2: a sudden unexpected event
3: the act of surprising someone [syn: surprisal]
(verb)
1: cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
2: come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He
surprised an interesting scene"
3: attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Surprise : \Sur*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surprised; p. pr. &
vb. n. Surprising.] [Based on Surprise, n.: cf. F.
surprendre, p. p. surpris.]
1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take
unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. --Isa.
xxxiii. 14.
The castle of Macduff I will surprise. --Shak.
Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised
his heart? --Thomson.
2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by
something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound;
as, his conduct surprised me.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.
Up he starts, Discovered and surprised. --Milton.
3. 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.
4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]
Not with me, That in my hands surprise the
sovereignity. --J. Webster.
Syn: See Astonish.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Surprise : \Sur*prise"\, n. [F. surprise, fr. surprendre, surpris;
sur over _ prendre to take, L. prehendere. See Sur-, and
Prehensile.]
1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of
seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by
surprise.
2. 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.
Pure surprise and fear Made me to quit the house.
--Shak.
3. Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
4. A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no
other contents. [Obs.] --King.
Surprise party, a party of persons who assemble by mutual
agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a
common friend. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Syn: Wonder; astonishment; amazement.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Surprise, AZ (town, FIPS 71510)
Location: 33.66411 N, 112.46845 W
Population (1990): 7122 (5256 housing units)
Area: 161.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85374
Surprise, NE (village, FIPS 47850)
Location: 41.10439 N, 97.30863 W
Population (1990): 55 (26 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Surprise, NY
Zip code(s): 12176
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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