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Webster 1913 Edition

Surrender

Sur-ren′der

,
Verb.
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
.
2.
To give up possession of; to yield; to resign;
as, to
surrender
a right, privilege, or advantage
.
To
surrender
up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them.
Hooker.
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
.
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
.

Sur-ren′der

,
Verb.
I.
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
.

Sur-ren′der

,
Noun.
1.
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
.
That he may secure some liberty he makes a
surrender
in trust of the whole of it.
Burke.
2.
(Law)
(a)
The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
(b)
The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
(c)
The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See
Extradition
.
Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Surrender

SURREN'DER

,
Verb.
T.
[L. sursum, and rendre, to render.]
1.
To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To surrender up is not elegant.]
2.
To yield; to give up; to resign in favor of another; as,to surrender a right or privilege; to surrender a place or an office.
3.
To give up; to resign; as, to surrender the breath.
4.
In law, to yield an estate, as a tenant, into the hands of the lord for such purposes as are expressed in the act.
5.
To yield to any influence,passion or power; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence or to sleep.

SURREN'DER

,
Verb.
I.
To yield; to give up one's self into the power of another. The enemy seeing no way of escape,surrendered at the first summons.

SURREN'DER

,
Noun.
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 or of claims.
1.
A yielding or giving up.
2.
In law, the yielding of an estate by a tenant to the lord, for such purposes as are expressed by the tenant in the act.

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