2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles. Macaulay.
3. To surpass; to exceed. Spenser.
What surmounts the reach
Of human sense I shall delineate.
Milton. Syn. — To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.
Surmountable
(Sur*mount"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. surmontable.] Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
— Sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.
Surmounted
(Sur*mount"ed), a.
1. (Arch.) Having its vertical height greater than the half span; — said of an arch.
2. (Her.) Partly covered by another charge; — said of an ordinary or other bearing.
Surmounter
(Sur*mount"er) n. One who, or that which, surmounts.
Surmullet
(Sur*mul"let) n. [F. surmulet; saur, saure, brownish yellow, red + mulet a mullet. See Sorrel,
a., and Mullet.] (Zoöl.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidæ, esp. the European
species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.
Surmulot
(Sur"mu*lot) n. [F.] (Zoöl.) The brown, or Norway, rat.
Surname
(Sur"name`) n. [Pref. sur + name; really a substitution for OE. sournoun, from F. surnom.
See Sur-, and Noun, Name.]
1. A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and
becomes a family name.
Surnames originally designated occupation, estate, place of residence, or some particular thing or event
that related to the person; thus, Edmund Ironsides; Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. Surnames
are often also patronymics; as, John Johnson.
2. An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. "My surname, Coriolanus." Shak.
This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it signified sire-name, or the name derived from
one's father.
Surname
(Sur*name") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surnamed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Surnaming.] [Cf. F. surnommer.]
To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isa.
xliv. 5.
And Simon he surnamed Peter.
Mark iii. 16. Surnominal
(Sur*nom"i*nal) a. Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.
Suroxidate
(Sur*ox"i*date) v. t. (Chem.) To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide.
[Obs.]
Suroxide
(Sur*ox"ide) n. [Cf. F. suroxyde. See Sur-, and Oxide.] (Chem.) A peroxide. [Obs.]
