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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
surcharge \surcharge"\, v. t. imp. p. p. surcharged; p.
pr. vb. n. surcharging. f. surcharger. see sur-, and
charge, and cf. overcharge, supercharge, supercargo.
1. to overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge;
as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
1913 webster
four charged two, and two surcharged one. --spenser.
1913 webster
your head reclined, as hiding grief from view,
droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew.
--dryden.
1913 webster
2. law
a to overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as
a common, than the person has a right to do, or more
than the herbage will sustain. blackstone.
b equity to show an omission in an account for which
credit ought to have been given. --story. daniel.
1913 webster
3. to print or write a surcharge on a postage stamp.
webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
surcharged surcharging sur- charge overcharge supercharge
supercargo
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