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S — Superintendence to Surveillant (Part 8 of 10)

Surfeit, v. n. Be surfeited, feed to satiety.

Surfeit, n.

    1. Excess.
    2. Fulness, oppression, repletion, plethora.
    3. Satiety, disgust.
    4. Repletion, glut, fulness, plethora, excess, superabundance, over-abundance, redundance, superfluity, nimiety.

Surge, n. Wave, billow, breaker, roller, white horse.

Surge, v. n.

    1. Swell, rise high.
    2. (Naut) Slip back.

Surge, v. a. (Naut.) Slack up suddenly (as a rope round a pin), let go.

Surly, a.

    1. Morose, cross, crabbed, testy, touchy, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, perverse, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill-natured, sour, gruff, churlish, ungracious.
    2. Rough, sullen, dark, tempestuous.

Surmise, v. a. Imagine, suspect, conjecture, suppose, guess, divine, fancy, believe, think, presume.

Surmise, n. Conjecture, suspicion, supposition, guess, doubt, imperfect notion.

Surmount, v. a.

    1. Rise above, overtop, tower above.
    2. Overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, vanquish, master, triumph over, rise above, get the better of.
    3. Surpass, exceed, go beyond, pass, transcend.

Surmountable, a. Conquerable, superable, that may be surmounted.

Surname, n. Cognomen, family name, patronymic.