Definition of usurps Usurps
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What does usurps mean?
Part of speech
🔤- usurps, verb, present, 3rd person singular of usurp (infinitive).
WordNet
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| usurp - take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke" | ||
| supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" | ||
| usurp - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" | ||
| assume, seize, take over, arrogate | ||
| take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" | ||
| annex attach to | ||
| appropriate, conquer, capture, seize take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" | ||
| preoccupy engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else" | ||
| hijack seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process" | ||
| raid search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- usurp (Verb)
To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means. - usurp (Verb)
To use and assume the coat of arms of another person. - usurp (Verb)
To make use of.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- usurp (v. t.)
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him. - usurp (v. i.)
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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usurp
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force.
Part of speech
🔤- usurp, verb, present, 1st person singular of usurp (infinitive).
- usurp, verb (infinitive).
