Usurp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /juˈsɝp/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Usurp is a verb meaning To take the place the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
Meaning
To take the place the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
More Meanings
- To seize and hold or use (powers, an office, a coat of arms, a right or copyright, etc) from another, without right (usually by illegitimate means).
- (obsolete) To make use of.
Example Sentences
[S]o he dies, But soon revives, Death over him no power Shall long usurp […]
In this case, you have usurped the copyright owner's reasonably expected right to make a derivative work[.]
Most Republicans in Congress are complying as Mr. Trump usurps the power of the national legislature, as laid out in Article 1 of the Constitution.
"[…] especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses […]"
Word Forms
- usurps
- usurping
- usurped
Synonyms for usurp
Depending on context, synonyms include arrogate, assume, take over.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arrogate, take over, assume, encroach, expropriate, steal.
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