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surcharged |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surcharged}; p. pr & vb n. {Surcharging}.] [F. surcharger. See {Sur-}, and {Charge}, and cf {Overcharge}, {Supercharge}, {Supercargo}.] 1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Four charged two and two surcharged one --Spenser. Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. --Dryden. 2. (Law) a To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into as a common, than the person has a right to do or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone. b (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given --Story. Daniel.
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