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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024u•surp /yuˈsɜrp, -ˈzɜrp/USA pronunciation v [~ + object]- to seize and hold by force or without legal right:to usurp a rightful government.
u•sur•pa•tion /ˌyusɚˈpeɪʃən, -zɚ-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] u•surp•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024u•surp (yo̅o̅ sûrp′, -zûrp′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right:The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- to use without authority or right;
employ wrongfully:The magazine usurped copyrighted material.
v.i. - to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.;
encroach.
- Latin ūsūrpāre to take possession through use, equivalent. to ūsū (ablative of ūsus use (noun, nominal)) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere to seize + -āre infinitive ending
- Middle English 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: usurp /juːˈzɜːp/ vb - to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, probably from ūsus use + rapere to seizeˌusurˈpation n uˈsurper n |