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surcharge

v. t. [F. surcharger. See Sur-, and Charge, and cf. Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.]1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. ()

Four charged two, and two surcharged one. (Spenser.)

Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew. (Dryden.)

2. (Law) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone. (Story. Daniel.)

3. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp). ()

n. [F.]1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne. ()

A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense. (Bacon.)

2. (Law) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to. (Burrill.)

3. (Railroads) A charge over the usual or legal rates. ()

4. Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge. ()