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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage. [ 1913 Webster ] To surrender up that right which otherwise their founders might have in them. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
