surrender
[sә'rendә]
vt. , 弃, 使投,

vi. 投, 自首

n. , 弃, 投

[] 弃, 缴纳



surrender
[ noun ]

1. acceptance of despair

<noun.feeling>

2. a verbal act of admitting defeat

<noun.communication>

3. the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

<noun.act>

4. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

<noun.act>
they were protected until the capitulation of the fort

[ verb ]

1. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

<verb.competition> give up
The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered

2. relinquish possession or control over

<verb.possession> cede deliver give up
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in

Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, 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.

2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to
surrender a right, privilege, or advantage.

To surrender up that right which otherwise their
founders might have in them. --Hooker.

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.

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.


Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, v. i.
To give up one's self into the power of another; to yield;
as, the enemy, seeing no way of escape, surrendered at the
first summons.


Surrender \Sur*ren"der\, n.
1. The act of surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning
one's person, or the possession of something, into the
power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an
enemy; the surrender of a right.

That he may secure some liberty he makes a surrender
in trust of the whole of it. --Burke.

2. (Law)
(a) The yielding of a particular estate to him who has an
immediate estate in remainder or reversion.
(b) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by
his bail.
(c) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one
government to another, as by a foreign state. See
{Extradition}. --Wharton.

3. (Insurance) The voluntary cancellation of the legal
liability of the company by the insured and beneficiary
for a consideration (called the

{surrender value}).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]