surprize (countable and uncountable, plural surprizes)
(now, rare and nonstandard) Alternative spelling of surprise
surprize (third-person singular simple present surprizes, present participle surprizing, simple past and past participle surprized)
(now, rare and nonstandard) Alternative spelling of surprise
The z spelling was as common as the s spelling into the early 1700s, but has been rare ever since, and is now nonstandard.
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22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
