surprise cadence

Music: Interrupted or suspended cadence. [DECEPTIVE-CADENCE.] surrender surprise-party, subst . A party of persons who a emble by agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a common friend, each bringing some article of food as a contribution toward a supper, of which all partake. *sûr-prişe-ment, subst . [Eng.surprise; -ment.] Surprising, surprisal. "Surprisements of castles." -Daniel: Hist . England, p. 47.