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Webster 1913 Edition
Surcharge
Sur-charge′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Surcharged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Surcharging
.] 1.
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge;
as, to
. surcharge
a beast or a ship; to surcharge
a cannonFour charged two, and two
surcharged
one. Spenser.
Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view,
Droops like a rose
Droops like a rose
surcharged
with morning dew. Dryden.
2.
(Law)
(a)
To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone.
(b)
(Equity)
To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
Story. Daniel.
Sur-charge′
,Noun.
[F.]
1.
An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is
surcharge
of expense. Bacon.
2.
(Law)
(a)
The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
(b)
(Equity)
The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Surcharge
SURCH`ARGE
, v.t.1.
To overload; to overburden; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Your head reclin'd,as hiding grief from view,
Droops like a rose surcharg'd with morning dew.
2.
In law, to overstock; to put more cattle into a common than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain.SURCH`ARGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
surchargé
surchargé
See also: surcharge
French
Verb
surchargé m (feminine singular surchargée, masculine plural surchargés, feminine plural surchargées)
- past participle of surcharger
Adjective
surchargé m (feminine singular surchargée, masculine plural surchargés, feminine plural surchargées)