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▪ I. uˈsurping, vbl. n.
[f. usurp v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb; usurpation; an instance of this. Also in fig. context.
1521Ld. Dacre in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 282 The Dukes fader..in the tyme of his usurping made diverse knightes. 1550Crowley Inform. & Petit. 1 The vsurpyng of tenthes to priuate commoditie. 1595Shakes. John ii. i. 119 Excuse it is to beat vsurping downe. 1649Lovelace Lucasta Poems (1904) 37 Dropping December shall come weeping in, Bewayle th' usurping of his Raigne. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lxxi. (1674) 89 The injurious usurping the Countries liberty. a1667Jer. Taylor Pol. Disc. (1674) b 4, To secure the inclosures of the Clerical orders from the usurpings and invasions of..unhallowed spirits.
▪ II. uˈsurping, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That usurps, in various senses. Also in fig. context.
1574Homilies ii. Rebellion vi. 611 [To] blesse the cursynges of suche wicked vsurpyng bishops and tyrantes. 1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. iv. iii, That such a base vsurping vagabond Should..weare a princely crowne. 1596Edward III, iii. iii. 35 The vsurping King of Fraunce. a1642Godolphin in Caroline Poets II. (1906) 247 Hear an usurping soule doth dwell. 1659Nicholas Papers (Camden) IV. 164 'Tis a reasonable..demaunde, specially as to new and vsurpinge lords. 1707Norris Treat. Humility vii. 313 God is jealous of his glory;..he makes war against the proud man, as an usurping invader of it. 1715Pope Iliad ii. 242 That worst of tyrants, an usurping crowd. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. cliii, I have..survey'd Its [sc. St. Sophia's] sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem pray'd. 1833J. H. Newman Arians ii. i. 160 To expel an usurping idol from the house of God. 1901Glover Life & Lett. in 4th Cent. Introd. 9 Usurping and suspicious Emperors.
b. transf. Of things.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 259 It mournes, that painting vsurping [= false] haire Should rauish doters with a false aspect. 1590― Com. Err. ii. ii. 180 If ought possesse thee from me, it is drosse, Vsurping Iuie, Brier, or idle Mosse. 1634Milton Comus 337 If your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists. a1661Fuller Worthies iii. (1662) 226 It follows not that the Usurping Tulip is better then the Rose.
c. fig. Of emotions, qualities, etc.
1633G. Herbert Temple, Love ii. iii, Thou shalt recover all thy gods in kinde, Who wert disseized by usurping lust. 1659W. Chamberlayne Pharon. i. iii. 319 By that flood To wash usurping grief from off that part Where most she reigned. 1698W. Chilcot Evil Thoughts vi. 165 There are none more apt to grow usurping and ungovernable..than these [thoughts] . 1747Johnson Winter ii, The ling'ring hours prolong the night, Usurping Darkness shares the day.
2. Characterized by usurpation.
1809Wordsw. ‘O'er the wide earth’ 8 In these usurping times of fear and pain.
Hence uˈsurpingly adv.
1589Hay any Work 25 Many other causes, which you bishops..do usurpingly take from the ciuill magistrate. 1621T. Williamson tr. Goulart's Wise Vieillard 76 Either for that their children misgouerne themselues, or their wiues behaue themselues vsurpingly. 1661Sir H. Vane's Politicks 3 It skills not much whether lineally descended, or usurpingly advanced. 1827Poe Tamerlane 32 The fever'd diadem on my brow I claim'd and won usurpingly. |