a. Obs. [ad. L. surrēpentem, -ens, pr. pple. of surrēpĕre: see SURREPTION2.] Creeping beneath or stealthily. So † Surrepency, the quality of creeping stealthily or stealing upon one.
1608. J. King, Serm. 5 Nov., 27. This serpent surrepent generation, with their mentail reseruations, their amphibolous, amphibious propositions.
a. 1678. Woodhead, Holy Living (1688), 160. Taking heed … of the surrepency of some degree of unbelief.
