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1. Over; above; upon: surprint.

2. Additional: surtax.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin super-; see uper in Indo-European roots.]

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over; above; beyond: surcharge, surrealism [Old French]

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The youth was quite disconcerted at this sur- prising reception of his remarks.

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I found a little crowd of perhaps twenty people sur- rounding the huge hole in which the cylinder lay.

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As we sat over our vermouths he glorified the Company's business, and by-and-by I expressed casually my sur- prise at him not going out there.

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