surreption
English
Etymology
From Latin surreptio, or subreptio. Compare subreption.
Noun
surreption (plural surreptions)
- The obtaining of something in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers
- Fame by surreption got / May stead us for the time, but lasteth not.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers
- An unperceived or sudden arrival.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for surreption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- uniporters