| Surrender (surrender) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Sur*ren"der |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Surrendered (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Surrendering.] [OF. surrendre to deliver]
sur over + rendre to render. See Sur-, and
Render.] |
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 possession of; to yield; to
resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or
advantage.
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 (surrender) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Sur*ren"der |
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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.
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| Surrender (surrender) |
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| n. | |
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| Sur*ren"der |
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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
yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in
remainder or reversion.
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| Surrender (surrender) |
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| n. | |
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| Sur*ren"der |
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The voluntary cancellation of the legal liability of the company
by the insured and beneficiary for a consideration (called the
surrender value).
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