[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surrender \surren"der\, v. t. imp.  p. p. surrendered; p.
   pr.  vb. n. surrendering. of. surrendre to deliver; sur
   over + rendre to render. see sur-, and render.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
      surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
      1913 webster

            to surrender up that right which otherwise their
            founders might have in them.          --hooker.
      1913 webster

   3. 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.
      1913 webster

   4. law 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
surrendered surrendering sur- render 

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