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.
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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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