surprize

English

Noun

surprize (plural surprizes)

1. Alternative spelling of surprise.

   • 1792, Ann Ward Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance^[1], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2005:

     Ferdinand not yet recovered from the painful surprize

   • 2011, William Francis Patrick Napier quoting Charle Napier, 1813, The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B.^[2], Cambridge Univ. Press, ISBN 9781108027205, page 236:

     Guard well against surprize; to be surprized is inexcusable in a general, if it happens from his neglect of proper posts: if his troops are surprized in good posts they must be in a dreadful state, which can hardly be the fault of any one but the general.

Verb

surprize (third-person singular simple present surprizes, present participle surprizing, simple past and past participle surprized)

1. Alternative spelling of surprise.

   • 1789, Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne^[3], edition HTML:

     Surprized at the bold independence of these words, delivered with uncommon energy, the heart of Osbert beat quick

   • 1813, John Elihu Hall, The American Law Journal, Volume 4^[4], edition Digitized, Law, WP Farrand and Co., published 2010, page 326:

     Will he be surprized that such a diversity of sentiment rendered … And will he be surprized, that mutual concessions … need we be surprized tat the stream …

   • 2006 May 24, Mark Hancock, “Todd Heisler interview Part C”, PhotoJournalism, accessed on 2012-09-14:

     … they were kind of surprized that the elders would let me take pictures.

References

• Merriam-Webster Dictionary, surprize