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Surprise   /sərprˈaɪz/  /səprˈaɪz/   Listen
Surprise

noun
1.
The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you.
2.
A sudden unexpected event.
3.
The act of surprising someone.  Synonym: surprisal.
verb
(past & past part. surprised; pres. part. surprising)
1.
Cause to be surprised.
2.
Come upon or take unawares.  "He surprised an interesting scene"
3.
Attack by storm; attack suddenly.  Synonym: storm.



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"Surprise" Quotes from Famous Books



... Immigration.—In all this there was, strictly speaking, no cause for surprise. Since the foundation of our republic the policy of the government had been to encourage the coming of the alien. For nearly one hundred years no restraining act was passed by Congress, while two important ...
— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
... so far as I know. I'm a poor correspondent, especially when I've no good news to tell; and anyway, the mere sight of a pen ties my tongue. I'm just running down to surprise Letty." ...
— The Romance of a Christmas Card • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... a deep silence among the men. The proposal took them by surprise. No man had ever accomplished the journey. Though two parties similarly attacked by Indians had attempted to raft down some of the canons higher up; one party perished to a man, one survivor of the other party escaped to tell the tale; but as to the canons below, through which ...
— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty
... shrewd enough to understand that this is a case for the maximum stake. Strong in his faith in my principle he sees Likely Case win with little surprise. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 • Various
... many unlooked-for treasures that are bound up and hidden away in the depths of Sierra solitudes, none more surely charm and surprise all kinds of travelers than the glacier lakes. The forests and the glaciers and the snowy fountains of the streams advertise their wealth in a more or less telling manner even in the distance, but nothing is seen of the lakes until we have ...
— The Mountains of California • John Muir


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