Surrendered

2 definitions found

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

  Surrender \Sur*ren"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.
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     2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
        surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.
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              To surrender up that right which otherwise their
              founders might have in them.          --Hooker.
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     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.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surrendered
       adj : given up often unwillingly; "a relinquishment is a piece of
             relinquished or abandoned land" [syn: {relinquished}]