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Webster 1913 Edition


Surview

Sur-view′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
sur-
+
view
. Cf.
Survey
.]
To survey; to make a survey of.
[Obs.]
“To surview his ground.”
Spenser.

Sur-view′

,
Noun.
A survey.
[Obs.]
Bp. Sanderson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Surview

SURVIEW'

,
Verb.
T.
To survey. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


surview

surview

English

Verb

surview (third-person singular simple present surviews, present participle surviewing, simple past and past participle surviewed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To survey; to make a survey of.
    • Spenser
      To surview his ground.

Noun

surview (plural surviews)

  1. (obsolete) A survey.
    • Bishop Robert Sanderson
      [] we are to take a second surview of our Abilities, to see if they be competently fit for that whereto our Inclination swayeth us; and if upon due unpartial examination we find they are, we may then follow the sway of our Inclination.