surrender

Significado

Verb

1. To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
2. To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
3. To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to submit or give in.
4. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
5. To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
6. To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.
7. For a policyholder, to voluntarily terminate an insurance contract before the end of its term, usually with the expectation of receiving a surrender value.

Noun

1. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
2. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
3. The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/səˈɹɛndə(ɹ)/

Etimoloxía

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-bor.
Old French sur-
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti
Proto-Italic *didō
Latin dō
Latin reddō
Latin prēndoinflu.
Late Latin rendō
Old French rendre
Old French surrendrebor.
English surrender
Borrowed from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Noun use is from Anglo-Norman. Displaced native Old English handgang (noun) and on hand gān (verb).

Oracións

" Surrender is not an option ", the mercenary asserted .