. A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To survey again or anew; to review. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or new survey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-, and Vigil. ] Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision. [ 1913 Webster ]

That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have accused the old. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Surveillants [ F., fr. surveiller to watch over. See Surveillance. ] One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Overseeing; watchful. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Survened p. pr. & vb. n. Survening. ] [ F. survenir. See Supervene. ] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. See Survene. ] A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Surveyed p. pr. & vb. n. Surveying. ] [ OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See Sur-, and Vision, and cf. Supervise. ] 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Round he surveys and well might, where he stood,
So high above. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine. [ 1913 Webster ]

With such altered looks, . . .
All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [ Eng. ] Jacob (Law Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly accentuated universally on the last syllable, and still so accented by many speakers. ] 1. The act of surveying; a general view, as from above. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under his proud survey the city lies. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survey of dogs. See Court of regard, under Regard. --
Trigonometrical survey, a survey of a portion of country by measuring a single base, and connecting it with various points in the tract surveyed by a series of triangles, the angles of which are carefully measured, the relative positions and distances of all parts being computed from these data. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Review; retrospect; examination; prospect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Survey. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Survey; inspection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. [ 1913 Webster ]

Geodetic surveying, geodesy. --
Maritime surveying, or
Nautical surveying, that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc. --
Plane surveying. See under Plane, a. --
Topographical surveying, that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were 't not madness then,
To make the fox surveyor of the fold? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Customs) (a) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger. (b) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surveyor general. (a) A principal surveyor; as, the surveyor general of the king's manors, or of woods and parks. [ Eng. ] (b) An officer having charge of the survey of the public lands of a land district. [ U.S. ] Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.). --
Surveyor's compass. See Circumferentor. --
Surveyor's level. See under Level. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a surveyor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. sur- + view. Cf. Survey. ] To survey; to make a survey of. [ Obs. ] “To surview his ground.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A survey. [ Obs. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Supervise, and Survey. ] To look over; to supervise. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Survive. ] 1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arhaeol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known. [ 1913 Webster ]

The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. survivance. ] Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To remain alive; to continue to live. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy pleasure,
Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Survived p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving. ] [ F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals. ] To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll assure her of
Her widowhood, be it that she survive me,
In all my lands and leases whatsoever. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who survives; a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The survivor bound
In filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chance of survivorship, the chance that a person of a given age has of surviving another of a giving age; thus, by the Carlisle tables of mortality the chances of survivorship for two persons, aged 25 and 65, are 89 and 11 respectively, or about 8 to 1 that the elder die first. [ 1913 Webster ]