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unsurprised

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sur⋅prise

  [ser-prahyz, suh-] verb, -prised, -pris⋅ing, noun
Use unsurprised in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
2. to come upon or discover suddenly and unexpectedly: We surprised the children raiding the cookie jar.
3. to make an unexpected assault on (an unprepared army, fort, person, etc.).
4. to elicit or bring out suddenly and without warning: to surprise the facts from the witness.
5. to lead or bring unawares, as into doing something not intended: to surprise a witness into telling the truth.
–noun
6. an act or instance of surprising or being surprised.
7. something that surprises someone; a completely unexpected occurrence, appearance, or statement: His announcement was a surprise to all.
8. an assault, as on an army or a fort, made without warning.
9. a coming upon unexpectedly; detecting in the act; taking unawares.
—Idiom
10. take by surprise,
a. to come upon unawares.
b. to astonish; amaze: The amount of the donation took us completely by surprise.
Origin:
1425–75; (n.) late ME < AF surpris(e), MF, ptp. of surprendre, equiv. to sur- sur- 1 + pris (masc.), prise (fem.) < L prēnsus, -sa, equiv. to prēnd(ere), contracted var. of prehendere to take (see prehension ) + -tus, -ta ptp. suffix; (v.) late ME surprisen < AF surpris(e) (ptp.), MF, as above

Related forms:
sur⋅pris⋅ed⋅ly  [ser-prahy-zid-lee, -prahyzd-, suh-] , adverb
sur⋅pris⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound mean to strike with wonder because of unexpectedness, strangeness, unusualness, etc. To surprise is to take unawares or to affect with wonder: surprised at receiving a telegram. To astonish is to strike with wonder by something unlooked for, startling, or seemingly inexplicable: astonished at someone's behavior. To amaze is to astonish so greatly as to disconcert or bewilder: amazed at such an evidence of stupidity. To astound is to so overwhelm with surprise that one is unable to think or act: astounded by the news.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sur·prise
Function: noun
1 : a condition or situation in which a party to a proceeding is unexpectedly placed without any fault or neglect of his or her own and that entitles the party to relief (as a new trial)
2 : an aspect of procedural unconscionability that consists of hiding a term of a contract in a mass of text
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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