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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
usurp
v 1: seize and take control without authority and possibly with
force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to
himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he
usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after
her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take
over, arrogate]
2: take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party
after the news of the terrorist act broke"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;
as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the
crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to
oust or dispossess him.
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Alack, thou dost usurp authority. --Shak.
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Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
usurped government, would of course be perfectly
justifiable. --Burke.
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Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
common dispossession of private property.
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Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Usurp \U*surp"\, v. i.
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the
like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be,
or act as, a usurper.
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The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and
fanatics had usurped. --Evelyn.
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And now the Spirits of the Mind
Are busy with poor Peter Bell;
Upon the rights of visual sense
Usurping, with a prevalence
More terrible than magic spell. --Wordsworth.
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Thesaurus Results for usurp:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
accroach, adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume, assume command, break bounds, colonize, commandeer, conquer, cut out, displace, encroach, enslave, go too far, hog, indent, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, jump a claim, know no bounds, make an inroad, make free with, make use of, monopolize, mount the throne, occupy, overrun, overstep, overstep the bounds, play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, requisition, seize, seize power, seize the throne, sit on, squat on, subjugate, take all of, take charge, take command, take it all, take over, take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up, transgress, trespass |
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Common Misspellings > |
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