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affect displacement (medicine) and surrender 1, verb (oh)


affect displacement (medicine)


affect displacement


A shift of feeling from the object originally arousing it to some associated object.


surrender 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: surrendre, from sur- ( SURCHARGE) + rendre 'to give back, yield']
[I and T] to say officially that you want to stop fighting or to stop avoiding the police, government etc because you realize that you cannot win
::The terrorists were given ten minutes to surrender.
surrender to sb
::Thousands of illegal immigrants in Japan have surrendered to police.
surrender yourself (to sb)
::He immediately surrendered himself to the authorities.
[T] to give your soldiers, land or weapons to an enemy after you have been defeated
::They were given two hours to surrender their weapons.
[T] to give up something or someone because you are forced to
::Cath was most reluctant to surrender her independence.
::Marchers who had cameras were forced to surrender their Film.
surrender to sth
to allow yourself to be controlled or influenced by something
::Colette surrendered to temptation and took out a cigarette.
[T] formal to give something such as a ticket or a passport to an official
surrender sth to sb
::Steir voluntarily surrendered his license to the State.