SURVIEW

Etymology

Verb

surview (third-person singular simple present surviews, present participle surviewing, simple past and past participle surviewed)

(transitive, obsolete) To survey; to make a survey of.

Noun

surview (plural surviews)

(obsolete) A survey.

[…] we are to take a second surview of our Abilities, to see if they be competently fit for that whereto our Inclination swayeth us; and if upon due unpartial examination we find they are, we may then follow the sway of our Inclination.

Source: Wiktionary


Sur*view", v. t. Etym: [Pref. sur- + view. Cf. Survey.]

Definition: To survey; to make a survey of. [Obs.] "To surview his ground." Spenser.

Sur*view", n.

Definition: A survey. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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