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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surprise \Sur*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surprised}; p. pr &
vb n. {Surprising}.] [From {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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
surprised
adj : taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or
astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity";
"surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised
expression" [ant: {unsurprised}]
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