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Surcharging
(gcide) | 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.
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Four charged two, and two surcharged one. --Spenser.
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Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view,
Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew.
--Dryden.
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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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3. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).
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