From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
surprised
adj : taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or
astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity";
"surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised
expression" [ant: unsurprised]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Surprise \Sur*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surprised; p. pr. &
vb. n. Surprising.] [From Surprise, n.: cf. F.
surprendre, p. p. surpris.]
1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take
unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
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Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. --Isa.
xxxiii. 14.
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The castle of Macduff I will surprise. --Shak.
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Who can speak
The mingled passions that surprised his heart?
--Thomson.
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2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by
something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound;
as, his conduct surprised me.
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I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.
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Up he starts,
Discovered and surprised. --Milton.
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3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to
bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as,
to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into
generosity.
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4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]
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Not with me,
That in my hands surprise the sovereignity. --J.
Webster.
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Syn: See Astonish.
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