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   Surrender (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Surrendering.] [OF. surrendre to deliver; sur over + rendre to render. See Sur-, and Render.]
   1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, “to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship”.
   
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   2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, “to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage”.
   
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   To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them. Hooker.
   
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   3. To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, “to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep”.
   
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   4. (Law) To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, “a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion”.
   
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