▪ I. † supprise, n. Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Also 5 -ice, -yce, 5–6 -is, -yse, 6 -yss.
[a. AF., OF. suprise, var. of surprise surprise n. Cf. med.L. subprisia, suppris(i)a usurpation, extraordinary impost.]
1. Injury, wrong, outrage, oppression.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. 2132 (MS. Wemyss) Þare he..lesit all his noble name. Thare fell ane of his floure de lice, To do his fallow sic suppris. Ibid. viii. 4902 With his ost, quhare he ourraid, Gret suppris [MS. Cott. wastynge] in þe cuntre he maid. 1442 Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 7 The supprise that Master John of Caydow did in the outtakyn of Adam of Hillis net. c 1470 Harding Chron. clxxxix. iii. (MS. Ashm. 34) lf. 147 Wiþ oute suppryce [v.r. supprise] or any extorcion Of þe porayle. c 1500 Lancelot 691 For to tell..his gret distresse Of presone and of loues gret suppris, It war to long. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxxiv. 49 Substance with honour doing nane suppryss. |
2. Surprise, unexpected attack.
| c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 694 Yhe wyrk nocht as the wys, Gyff that ye tak the awnter off supprice. c 1500 Lancelot 3479 Ws ned no more to dreding of suppris; We se the strenth of al our ennemys. |
3. Conquest, defeat.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. 1749 (MS. Wemyss) He persauit in þat fycht At he wes neire a supprice sone. |
▪ II. † supprise, v. Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Also 4 -ice, 4–5 -iss, 4–6 -yse, 5 -is, -yss, (-ese), 5–6 -ys, -eis, 6 -ize, -yis(s; 5 suprise, superyse, 8 suprize.
[f. AF., OF. supris-e, var. of sur-, sourpris-e, or souspris-e, pa. pple. of surprendre surprise v., sousprendre susprise v.
Through variants like suppriss, this vb. became confused with suppress, of which it has some of the meanings.]
1. trans. To come upon or attack unexpectedly; to surprise.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce iii. 11 He assemblyt his men..And come for to suppris the king, That weill wes war of thar cummyng. Ibid. vi. 37 Thai thoucht him for to suppris; And gif he fled on ony vis To follow him vith the hunde. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xl. (Ninian) 876 A gret oste of Ingland, For to supprice hym, var cumand. 1471 Caxton Recuyell (Sommer) 676 Aboute the houre of none cam a grete tempeste And supprysed them sodaynly. |
b. To ensnare, betray.
| c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1848 Þe deuel, with his quayntys, Will be aboute ȝow to suppryse, And draw ȝow heyn. a 1600 Montgomerie Misc. Poems xliv. 26 Wo to the spyis first did suppryis My hairt within ȝour hald! |
2. Of a feeling, etc.: To come upon suddenly and forcibly, seize, overtake, affect violently: usually in pa. pple. (const. with the feeling, etc.).
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 1184 This Troilus, with blysse of þat supprised, Put al in goddes hond. 1420–22 Lydg. Thebes 2017 It scheweth wel that thow were not wis, But supprised with a manere rage. 1426 ― De Guil. Pilgr. 6166 With gret desyr I was supprysed In my thouht & my corage. 1430–40 ― Bochas viii. xxvii. (MS. Bodl. 263) 404 Take and supprised he was w{supt} dronknesse. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vi. ccxvi. (1533) 139/1 For thys vyctory Harolde was suppreised [1559 suppressed] wyth pryde. 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel 537 So am I supprysyd with pleasure and delyght To se this howre now. 1592 Breton C'tess Pembroke's Love (Grosart) 24/2 A secret ioie that did the soule suprise. 1611 Mure Misc. Poems i. 60 Ȝouth then, with courage and desyer..assayed My Sences to suppryse. |
b. To affect with surprise.
| 1775 in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874) 123 If departed souls can be supriz'd sure hers would be so to meet in the regines of bliss one she thought was still here in this world of woe. |
3. To do violence to, injure, outrage; to oppress; to ravish, violate (a woman).
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xlix. (Tecla) 157 Scho..Cryit hye: supprice me nocht Na haf nocht foly in to thocht! c 1400 Apol. Loll. 75 Austeyn..seiþ þus: Sum supprise wiþ seruil chargis our religioun, þat our Lord Ihu Crist wold to be fre. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 2390 (Ashmole MS.), He wald neuire suprise [Dublin MS. sussprise] no sege vndir heuen. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 310 (MS. Wemyss), Sindry spretis..Slepand women wald suppris..That gat þire gyantis ofgret mycht. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 156 The citee sulde be wele punyst that revengis nocht hir burgeis suppresit, or opprest wrangwisly... I lefully defend me agayne othir that wald suppris me wrangwisly. c 1470 Harding Chron. cxiv. xiii. (MS. Ashm. 34) if. 89 b, He..his comons never his tyme supprysed [v.r. supprissed]. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xliii. 47 Sic ladyis wyiss, Thay ar to pryis,..Swa can devyiss, And not suppryiss Thame, nor thair honestie. |
4. To overpower, overcome, subdue; occas. to put down, suppress.
| c 1420 Anturs of Arth. 306 Þei shullene dye one a day... Suppriset with a surget [Thornton MS. Supprysede with a sugette]. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. 1709 (MS. Cott.), Schir Knowt..Dowttyt to be suppryssit son, Or in þe batel al wndoyn. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4468 All þe strenth of ȝour enmys I sall schende and sone supprys. a 1475 Ashby Dicta Philos. 396 The kynge hathe the charge theim to supprise, That wolde surmonte, or in vices arise. 1594 Marlowe & Nashe Dido i. i, Ay me! the Starres supprisde like Rhesus Steedes, Are drawne by darknes forth Astræus tents. 1601 Chester K. Arthur iv, Chaste to her husbands cleare vnspotted bed, Whose honor-bearing Fame none could supprize. c 1614 Mure Dido & æneas i. 157 His kinde she hates, which should the same supprise. |
5. a. To undertake. b. To uphold. rare.
| c 1401 Lydg. Floure Curtesye 232 Euer as I can supprise in myn herte. c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 1912 Demean you al wey in such wise Min honour and worship I may supprise. |
Hence † supprised ppl. a., (a) oppressed (in quot. c 1400 absol.), (b) appearing suddenly; † suppriser, ? betrayer; † supprising vbl. n., surprise, unexpected attack; † supprission (-icioun), oppression.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce vii. 551 The kyng, That had no dreid of supprising, Ȝeid vnarmyt, mery and blith. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 79 Goddis law biddiþ help þe supprissed, jugiþ to þe fadirles, defendiþ þe wydow. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 2026 (MS. Wemyss), And vnder gret exactioun Haldin in to suppricioun [MS. Cott. 2020 supprission]. a 1547 Surrey æneid iv. 37 She..with supprised teares [orig. lacrimis obortis] Bained her brest. 1592 Breton Pilgr. Parad. (Grosart) 11/2 Thou wicked witch,..To bring a desperate spirit to defame, And by illusion, first the soules supriser, That heares thy wordes, and wil beleeue the same. |