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SURREN'DER, v.t. [L. sursum, and rendre, to render.] 1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To surrender up is not elegant.]2. To yield; to give up; to resign in favor of another; as,to surrender a right or privilege; to surrender a place or an office.3. To give up; to resign; as, to surrender the breath.4. In law, to yield an estate, as a tenant, into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the act.5. To yield to any influence,passion or power; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence or to sleep.SURREN'DER, v.i. To yield; to give up one's self into the power of another. The enemy seeing no way of escape,surrendered at the first summons. SURREN'DER, n. The act of yielding or resigning one's person or the possession of something, into the power of another; as the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right or of claims. 1. A yielding or giving up.2. In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for such purposes as are expressed by the tenant in the act.
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SURREN'DER, v.t. [L. sursum, and rendre, to render.] 1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To surrender up is not elegant.]2. To yield; to give up; to resign in favor of another; as,to surrender a right or privilege; to surrender a place or an office.3. To give up; to resign; as, to surrender the breath.4. In law, to yield an estate, as a tenant, into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the act.5. To yield to any influence,passion or power; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence or to sleep.SURREN'DER, v.i. To yield; to give up one's self into the power of another. The enemy seeing no way of escape,surrendered at the first summons. SURREN'DER, n. The act of yielding or resigning one's person or the possession of something, into the power of another; as the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right or of claims. 1. A yielding or giving up.2. In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for such purposes as are expressed by the tenant in the act. | SUR-REN'DER, n.- The act of yielding or resigning one person or the possession of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right or of claims.
- A yielding or giving up.
- In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for such purposes as are expressed by the tenant in the act. – Blackstone.
SUR-REN'DER, v.i.To yield; to give up one's self into the power of another. The enemy seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons. SUR-REN'DER, v.t. [Fr. se rendre, to yield. Surrender is probably a corruption of se rendre.]- To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To surrender up is not elegant.]
- To yield; to give up; to resign in favor of another; to surrender a right or privilege; to surrender a place or an office.
- To give up; to resign; as, to surrender the breath.
- In law, to yield an estate, as a tenant, into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the act. – Blackstone.
- To yield to any influence, passion or power; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence or to sleep.
| Sur*ren"der
- To yield to the power of
another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon
compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy
or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.
- To give up one's
self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way
of escape, surrendered at the first summons.
- The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's
person, or the possession of something, into the power of another; as,
the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of
a right.
- The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company
by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the
surrender value).
- To give up possession of; to yield; to
resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or
advantage.
- The
yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in
remainder or reversion.
- To yield to any influence, emotion,
passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's
self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
- To yield; to render or deliver
up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a
fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by
the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.
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Surrender SURREN'DER, verb transitive [Latin sursum, and rendre, to render.] 1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To surrender up is not elegant.] 2. To yield; to give up; to resign in favor of another; as, to surrender a right or privilege; to surrender a place or an office. 3. To give up; to resign; as, to surrender the breath. 4. In law, to yield an estate, as a tenant, into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the act. 5. To yield to any influence, passion or power; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence or to sleep. SURREN'DER, verb intransitive To yield; to give up one's self into the power of another. The enemy seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the first summons. SURREN'DER, noun The act of yielding or resigning one's person or the possession of something, into the power of another; as the surrender of a castle to an enemy; the surrender of a right or of claims. 1. A yielding or giving up. 2. In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for such purposes as are expressed by the tenant in the act.
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