Surprise
Sur`prise´
| n. | 1. | The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. |
| 2. | The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment. |
| 3. | Anything that causes such a state or emotion. |
| 4. | A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents. |
| v. t. | 1. | To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack. |
| 2. | To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me. |
| 3. | To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; - with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity. |
| 4. | To hold possession of; to hold. |
SURPRISE. This term is frequently used in courts of equity and by writers on
equity jurisprudence. It signifies the act by which a party who is entering
into a contract is taken unawares, by which sudden confusion or perplexity
is created, which renders it proper that a court of equity should relieve
the party so surprised. 2 Bro. Ch. R. 150; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 120, note.
Mr. Jeremy, Eq. Jur. 366, seems to think that the word surprise is a
technical expression, and nearly synonymous. with fraud. Page 383, note. It
is sometimes, used in this sense when it is deemed presumptive of, or
approaching to fraud. 1 Fonb. Eq. 123 3 Chan. Cas. 56, 74, 103, 114. Vide 6
Ves. R. 327, 338; 2 Bro. Ch. R. 826; 16 Ves. R. 81, 86, 87; 1 Cox, R. 340; 2
Harr. Dig. 92.
2. In practice, by surprise is understood that situation in which a
party is placed, without any default of his own, which will be, injurious to
his interest. 8 N. AS. 407. The courts always do everything in their power
to relieve a party from the effects of a surprise, when he has been diligent
in endeavouring to avoid it. 1 Clarke's R. 162; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3285.
To dream that you are pleasantly surprised,
indicates that you are opened in acknowledging and confronting your unconscious feelings.
To dream that you are unpleasantly surprised,
suggests fear of the unexpected and unknown.
You do not want to face your feelings.
admiration,
amaze,
amazement,
ambush,
assail,
assault,
astonish,
astonishment,
astound,
astoundment,
attack,
awestrike,
bedaze,
bedazzle,
beguilement,
bewilder,
blitz,
blockbuster,
blow,
boggle,
bomb,
bombshell,
bowl down,
bowl over,
breathless wonder,
bushwhack,
capture,
catch,
catch off-guard,
catch unawares,
come at,
come down on,
come from behind,
come upon unexpectedly,
confound,
crack down on,
daze,
dazzle,
descend on,
descend upon,
discomfit,
disconcert,
discover,
dismay,
do the unexpected,
drop in on,
dumbfound,
dumbfounder,
dumbfoundment,
earthshaker,
eye-opener,
fall on,
fall upon,
fascination,
faze,
flabbergast,
floor,
gang up on,
go at,
go for,
grab,
grasp,
harry,
have at,
hit,
hit like lightning,
incredulity,
joker,
jolt,
jump,
kicker,
land on,
lay at,
lay for,
lay hands on,
lay into,
light into,
marveling,
mug,
nonplus,
overwhelm,
paralyze,
peripeteia,
perplex,
petrify,
pitch into,
pounce upon,
pound,
pull up short,
puzzlement,
rattle,
revelation,
rock,
sail into,
seize,
sense of mystery,
sense of wonder,
set on,
set upon,
shock,
shocker,
sneak attack,
spring a surprise,
spring upon,
stagger,
staggerer,
startle,
startler,
strike,
strike dead,
strike dumb,
strike with wonder,
stun,
stupefaction,
stupefy,
surprisal,
surprise attack,
surprise ending,
surprise package,
surprise party,
swan,
switch,
swoop down on,
take,
take aback,
take by surprise,
take short,
take the offensive,
take unawares,
thunderbolt,
thunderclap,
wade into,
waylay,
wonderment