Usurp Definition

yo͝o-sûrp, -zûrp
usurped, usurping, usurps
verb
usurped, usurping, usurps
To practice or commit usurpation (on or upon)
Webster's New World
To take or assume (power, a position, property, rights, etc.) and hold in possession by force or without right.
Webster's New World
To take over or occupy without right.
Usurp a neighbor's land.
American Heritage
To take the place of (another) without legal authority; supplant.
American Heritage
To seize another's place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
American Heritage
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Origin of Usurp

  • Middle English usurpen from Old French usurper from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, usurp reup- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre

    From Wiktionary

Usurp Sentence Examples

  • This decision will usurp the powers of the commitee.

  • There was a much better time when she did not know he planned to usurp her, and the memory comforted her.

  • It will usurp authority over the man, but not cause him to be in silence.

  • Don't allow video games and television, or even reading and homework, to usurp time your child should be actively playing.

  • Adherents flocked to him, and for a whole year Murad was engaged in suppressing his attempts to usurp the throne.

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Words Starting With

UUSUSU

Words Ending With

PRPURP

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Words Starting With U and Ending With P

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