usurpativeadj.
/juːˈzəːpətɪv/ Of the nature of, marked or characterized by, usurpation; arbitrary.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [adjective] > wrongfully assuming office
usurpant1461
usurping1574
usurpative1797
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative > characterized by usurpation
usurpedc1430
usurpate1560
usurpative1797
usurping1809
usurpatory1847
1797 J. Pinkerton Hist. Scotl. I. 10 Pretensions, which now strike as vague or usurpative.
1811 Monthly Rev. 66 470 Laurence was of a less usurpative and more tolerant disposition.
1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy II. iii. ii. 91 A clear usurpative invasion of the..co-equal independence of all the other Patriarchs.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xx. 115 The foolish usurpative acts of the President.
1908 Amer. Naturalist 42 16 The usurpative control of their nutrition by the fungus suggests [etc.].
Derivatives
uˈsurpatively adv. rare
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adverb] > by usurpation
usurpously1461
usurpately1536
usurpedly?1542
usurpingly1589
usurpatively1838
society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [adverb] > by or with wrongful assumption of office
usurpously1461
usurpately1536
usurpingly1589
usurpedly1647
usurpatively1838
1838 G. S. Faber Inq. Hist. & Theol. Anc. Vallenses & Albigenses 334 Let him not dare usurpatively to administer any divine sacrament, until [etc.].
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adj.1797