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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
surprise \surprise"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. surprised; p. pr. 
   vb. n. surprising. from surprise, n.: cf. f.
   surprendre, p. p. surpris.
   1. to come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take
      unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
      1913 webster

            fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. --isa.
                                                  xxxiii. 14.
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            the castle of macduff i will surprise. --shak.
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            who can speak
            the mingled passions that surprised his heart?
                                                  --thomson.
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   2. to strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by
      something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound;
      as, his conduct surprised me.
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            i am surprised with an uncouth fear.  --shak.
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            up he starts,
            discovered and surprised.             --milton.
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   3. to lead one to do suddenly and without forethought; to
      bring one into some unexpected state; -- with into; as,
      to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into
      generosity.
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   4. to hold possession of; to hold. obs.
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            not with me,
            that in my hands surprise the sovereignity. --j.
                                                  webster.
      1913 webster

   syn: see astonish.
        1913 webster
see also:
surprised surprising surprise astonish 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
surprised
     adj : taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or
           astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity";
           "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised
           expression" ant: unsurprised
see also:
unsurprised 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
82 moby thesaurus words for "surprised":
   ad-lib, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished,
   astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered,
   bewitched, breathless, captivated, caught napping,
   caught off balance, caught short, confounded, dumbfounded,
   dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled,
   entranced, extemporaneous, extemporized, fascinated, flabbergasted,
   gaping, gauping, gazing, haphazard, hasty, hypnotized, impromptu,
   improvised, in awe, in awe of, lost in wonder, makeshift,
   marveling, mesmerized, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed,
   popeyed, precipitate, puzzled, rapt in wonder, rough-and-ready,
   snap, spellbound, staggered, staring, struck with surprise,
   stupefied, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares,
   thunderstruck, tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted,
   uncontrived, undeliberated, under a charm, undevised, unhatched,
   unmade, unmanufactured, unorganized, unprepared, unprimed, unready,
   unstudied, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering





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