Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surcharged"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surcharged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Surcharging}.] [F. surcharger. See {Sur-}, and
{Charge}, and cf. {Overcharge}, {Supercharge}, {Supercargo}.]
1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge;
as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

Four charged two, and two surcharged one. --Spenser.

Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view,
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.


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