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Surprise
SURPRISE, v.t. surpri'ze. [L. super, supra, and prendo, to take.]
1. To come or fall upon suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares.
The castle of Macduff I will surprise.
Who can speak
The mingled passions that surpris'd his heart?
2. To strike with wonder or astonishment by something sudden, unexpected or remarkable, either in conduct, words or story, or by the appearance of something unusual. Thus we are surprised at desperate acts of heroism, or at the narration of wonderful events, or at the sight of things of uncommon magnitude or curious structure.
3. To confuse; to throw the mind into disorder by something suddenly presented to the view or to the mind.
Up he starts, discover'd and surpris'd.
SURPRI'SE, n. The act of coming upon unawares, or of taking suddenly and without preparation. The fort was taken by surprise.
1. The state of being taken unexpectedly.
2. An emotion excited by something happening suddenly and unexpectedly, as something novel told or presented to view. Nothing could exceed his surprise at the narration of these adventures. It expresses less than wonder and astonishment.
3. A dish with nothing in it. [Not in use.]
surprise appears in definitions for these words:
Admiration Admire Agitato Ah Aha Alarm Alarmed Alert Amaze Amazed Amazedness Amazement Amazing Ambuscade Ambush Appearance Assassin Assassinate Assassinated Assassinating Assassination Astonish Astonished Astonishment Belfry Bivouac Blush Brow Camisade Capture Circumspectly Collect Collected Collectedness Confuse Consternation Dazzle Deprehend Deprehended Disturb Empale Enviously Fearfulness Gape Good-now Guard Ha Hah Heedless Hoisting Hyperbole Ignominious Indeed Marvelous Marvelously Naptaking O Obreption Obreptitious Oh Overtake Palisade Point Portcullis Sabre Sentinel Soss Stare Startle Startled Startling Strange Strangely Strangeness Strikingly Stupid Subreption Sudden Surprisal Surprise Surprising Surprisingly Swoon Take Unexpectedness Wait Wit Wonder Wonderful Wonderfully Wonderment Wonderstruck Wondrous Wryneck
Admiration Admire Agitato Ah Aha Alarm Alarmed Alert Amaze Amazed Amazedness Amazement Amazing Ambuscade Ambush Appearance Assassin Assassinate Assassinated Assassinating Assassination Astonish Astonished Astonishment Belfry Bivouac Blush Brow Camisade Capture Circumspectly Collect Collected Collectedness Confuse Consternation Dazzle Deprehend Deprehended Disturb Empale Enviously Fearfulness Gape Good-now Guard Ha Hah Heedless Hoisting Hyperbole Ignominious Indeed Marvelous Marvelously Naptaking O Obreption Obreptitious Oh Overtake Palisade Point Portcullis Sabre Sentinel Soss Stare Startle Startled Startling Strange Strangely Strangeness Strikingly Stupid Subreption Sudden Surprisal Surprise Surprising Surprisingly Swoon Take Unexpectedness Wait Wit Wonder Wonderful Wonderfully Wonderment Wonderstruck Wondrous Wryneck
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