Surprisal definition

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

  Surprisal \Sur*pris"al\, n. [See {Surprise}, n.]
     The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.
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           How to secure the lady from surprisal.   --Milton.
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           Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its
           surprisal.                               --Barrow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surprisal
       n : the act of surprising someone [syn: {surprise}]

















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