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Definition of usurps in English English dictionary
- third-person singular of usurp
- usurp
- To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means
- usurp
- To use and assume the coat of arms of another person
- usurp
- to take possession of by force
- usurp
- {v} to hold without right, to seize upon by violence
- usurp
- {f} seize, take over, appropriate
- usurp
- take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke"
- usurp
- 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"
- usurp
- If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?. to take someone else's power, position, job etc when you do not have the right to (usurper, from usurpare , from usus ( USE) + rapere )
- usurp
- take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terorist act broke
- usurp
- 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
- usurp
- To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper
Related Terms
usurps
Turkish pronunciation
yusırpsPronunciation
/ˌyo͞oˈsərps/ /ˌjuːˈsɜrps/
Etymology
[ yu-'s&rp also -'z&a ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French usurper, from Latin usurpare to take possession of without legal claim, from usually + rapere to seize; more at RAPID.Resimler
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