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单词 usurping
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usurpingn.

Etymology: < usurp v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uˈsurping.
The action of the verb; usurpation; an instance of this. Also in figurative context.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority
usurpmenta1470
usurpation1470
usurping1521
usurpa1647
self-assumptiona1658
accroaching1659
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right
presumptiona1387
usurpationc1420
presumptuositya1450
usurpmenta1470
usurping1521
usurpa1647
usurpature1845
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal assumption of authority
presumptuositya1450
usurpmenta1470
usurpation1470
usurping1521
presumption1565
usurpa1647
rebuttable presumption1837
1521 Ld. Dacre in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 282 The Dukes fader..in the tyme of his usurping made diverse knightes.
1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Aii The vsurpyng of tuthes to priuate commoditie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 119 Excuse it is to beat vsurping downe. View more context for this quotation
1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 36 Dropping December shall come weeping in, Bewayle th' usurping of his Raigne.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. lxxi. 89 The injurious usurping the Countries liberty.
a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Apol. Liturgy in Συμβαλον Θεολογικον (1674) Pref. sig. b4 To secure the inclosures of the Clerical orders from the usurpings and invasions of..unhallowed spirits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

usurpingadj.

Etymology: < usurp v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uˈsurping.
1.
a. That usurps, in various senses. Also in figurative context.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [adjective] > wrongfully assuming office
usurpant1461
usurping1574
usurpative1797
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > infringing or encroaching
usurping1574
usurpious1606
encroachinga1616
exorbitant1631
invasive1670
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > wrongful seizure of power or property
usurpant1461
usurpate1560
usurping1574
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative > characterized by usurpation > usurping
usurpant1461
usurping1574
usurpious1606
1574 Homilies ii. Rebellion vi. 611 [To] blesse the cursynges of suche wicked vsurpyng bishops and tyrantes.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. D6 That such a base vsurping vagabond Should..weare a princely crowne.
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. F2 The vsurping King of Fraunce. View more context for this quotation
a1642 Godolphin in Caroline Poets II. (1906) 247 Hear an usurping soule doth dwell.
1659 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1920) IV. 164 'Tis a reasonable..demaunde, specially as to new and vsurpinge lords.
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vii. 313 God is jealous of his glory;..he makes war against the proud man, as an usurping invader of it.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 242 That worst of Tyrants, an usurping Crowd.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cliii. 79 I have..survey'd Its [sc. St. Sophia's] sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem pray'd.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. ii. i. 160 To expel an usurping idol from the house of God.
1901 T. R. Glover Life & Lett. 4th Cent. Introd. 9 Usurping and suspicious Emperors.
b. transferred. Of things.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > infringing or encroaching > specifically of things
usurping1598
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 257 It mournes, that painting vsurping [= false] haire Should rauish dooters with a false aspect. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 181 If ought possesse thee from me, it is drosse, Vsurping Iuie, Brier, or idle Mosse. View more context for this quotation
1637 J. Milton Comus 12 If your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) York 226 It follows not that the Usurping Tulip is better then the Rose.
c. figurative. Of emotions, qualities, etc.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > arousing passion or strong emotion > overwhelming with strong emotion
entrancing1596
usurping1633
drowning1659
1633 G. Herbert Love in Temple ii. iii Thou shalt recover all thy gods in kinde, Who wert disseized by usurping lust.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D6 By that flood To wash usurping grief from off that part Where most she reign'd.
1698 W. Chilcot Pract. Treat. Evil Thoughts vi. 165 There are none more apt to grow usurping and ungovernable..than these [thoughts] .
1747 J. Hawkesworth Winter in Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 588 The ling'ring hours prolong the night, Usurping Darkness shares the day.
2. Characterized by usurpation.
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society > authority > [adjective] > characterized by usurped authority
usurping1809
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative > characterized by usurpation
usurpedc1430
usurpate1560
usurpative1797
usurping1809
usurpatory1847
1809 W. Wordsworth O'er Wide Earth 8 In these usurping times of fear and pain.

Derivatives

uˈsurpingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
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
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > encroachingly
usurpingly1589
encroachingly1822
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 25 Many other causes, which you bishops..do usurpingly take from the ciuill magistrate.
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 76 Either for that their children misgouerne themselues, or their wiues behaue themselues vsurpingly.
1661 Sir H. Vane's Politicks 3 It skills not much whether lineally descended, or usurpingly advanced.
1827 E. A. Poe Tamerlane 32 The fever'd diadem on my brow I claim'd and won usurpingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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