1. Verb
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
2. Verb
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.
3. Verb
To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
4. Noun
An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
5. Noun
The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
6. Noun
The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
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