† usurpantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
That usurps; guilty of or inclined to usurpation.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [adjective] > wrongfully assuming office
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > wrongful seizure of power or property
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative > characterized by usurpation > usurping
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1461 King Edward IV in J. O. Halliwell Lett. Kings Eng. (1846) I. 126 Harry, late usurpant king of our said realm.
1473 Rolls of Parl. VI. 92/2 For takyng of Henry late usurpaunt uppon our magistee Roiall.
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 473 Some factious..Presbyters ventured to be extravagant and usurpant.
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