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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

surreptio

, or

subreptio

. Cf.

The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.

Fame by

surreption

got
May stead us for the time, but lasteth not.

B. Jonson.

A coming unperceived or suddenly.

Noun.

[L. surreptus, surrepo; sub and repo, to creep.]

A coming unperceived; a stealing upon insensibly. [Little used.]

surreption ‎(plural surreptions)

The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
Fame by surreption got / May stead us for the time, but lasteth not. — Ben Jonson.
An unperceived or sudden arrival.