surnaming

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surnaming - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Surname \Sur*name"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surnamed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Surnaming.] [Cf. F. surnommer.]
     To name or call by an appellation added to the original name;
     to give a surname to.
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           Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord,
           and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv.
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           And Simon he surnamed Peter.             --Mark iii.
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