Surcharge \Sur*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surcharging.]

[F. surcharger. See Sur-, and Charge, and cf. Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.]

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. --Spenser.

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

2. (Law)
   (a) 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.
   (b) (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. --Story. Daniel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)