Webster's Dictionary 1913

12421

Surveillant (2)

Sur‐veil″lant, a. Overseeing; watchful.

12422

Survene

Sur‐vene″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Survened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Survening.] [F. survenir. See Supervene.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to.A suppuration that survenes...

12423

Survenue

Sur″ve‐nue (?), n. [OF. See Survene.] A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on.

12424

Survey

Sur‐vey″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Surveyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Surveying.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See Sur-, an...

12425

Survey (2)

Sur″vey (?), n. 1. The act of surveying; a general view, as from above.Under his proud survey the city lies. Sir J. Denham.2. A particular view; an examination, especially an of...

12426

Surveyal

Sur‐vey″al (?), n. Survey. Barrow.

12427

Surveyance

Sur‐vey″ance (?), n. Survey; inspection.

12428

Surveying

Sur‐vey″ing, n. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding...

12429

Surveyor

Sur‐vey″or (?), n. 1. One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.Were 't not madness then,To make the fox surveyor of the fold? Shak.2. One who views and examin...

12430

Surveyorship

Sur‐vey″or‐ship, n. The office of a surveyor.

12431

Surview

Sur‐view″ (?), v. t. [Pref. sur- + view. Cf. Survey.] To survey; to make a survey of. “To surview his ground.” Spenser.

12432

Surview (2)

Sur‐view″, n. A survey. Bp. Sanderson.

12433

Survise

Sur‐vise″ (?), v. t. [See Supervise, and Survey.] To look over; to supervise. B. Jonson.

12434

Survival

Sur‐viv″al (?), n. [From Survive.] 1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.2. (Arhæol. & Ethnol.) Any ha...

12435

Survivance

{ Sur‐viv″ance (?), Sur‐viv″an‐cy (?), } n. [F. survivance.] Survivorship.His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet.

12436

Survive

Sur‐vive″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Survived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Surviving.] [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals.] To live beyond t...

12437

Survive (2)

Sur‐vive″, v. i. To remain alive; to continue to live.Thy pleasure,Which, when no other enemy survives,Still conquers all the conquerors. Sir J. Denham.Alike are life and death,...

12438

Survivency

Sur‐viv″en‐cy (?), n. Survivorship.

12439

Surviver

Sur‐viv″er (?), n. One who survives; a survivor.

12440

Surviving

Sur‐viv″ing, a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs.

12441

Survivor

Sur‐viv″or (?), n. 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.The survivor boundIn filial obligation for some termTo do obsequious sorrow. Shak...

12442

Survivorship

Sur‐viv″or‐ship, n. 1. The state of being a survivor.1. (Law) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon t...

12443

Susceptibility

Sus‐cep′ti‐bil″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Susceptibilities (#). [Cf. F. susceptibilité.] 1. The state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions, or of being...

12444

Susceptible

Sus‐cep″ti‐ble (?), a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.] 1. Capable of...

12445

Susception

Sus‐cep″tion (?), n. [L. susceptio: cf. F. susception. See Susceptible.] The act of taking; reception.

12446

Susceptive

Sus‐cep″tive (?), a. Susceptible. I. Watts. — Sus‐cep″tive‐ness, n.

12447

Susceptivity

Sus′cep‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. Capacity for receiving; susceptibility. Wollaston.