Surcharge /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Surcharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surcharging

1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

   Four charged two, and two surcharged one.

   Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew.

2. 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. (Law)
3. To print or write a surcharge on (a postage stamp).

1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

   A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense.

2. The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to. (Law)
3. A charge over the usual or legal rates. (Railroads)
4. Something printed or written on a postage stamp to give it a new legal effect, as a new valuation, a place, a date, etc.; also (Colloq.), a stamp with a surcharge. [Colloq.]