Word Meanings - SUPPRISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To surprise. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to SUPPRISE)

• SURPRISE
  1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion
• SURPRISEMENT
  Surprisal. Daniel.
• SURPRISER
  One who surprises.