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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surname \Sur*name"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv. 5.
And Simon he surnamed Peter. --Mark iii. 16.
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