catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
     get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
     to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Alack, thou dost usurp authority.        --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
           usurped government, would of course be perfectly
           justifiable.                             --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
           functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
           common dispossession of private property.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
          [1913 Webster]

  Usurp \U*surp"\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and
           fanatics had usurped.                    --Evelyn.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And now the Spirits of the Mind
           Are busy with poor Peter Bell;
           Upon the rights of visual sense
           Usurping, with a prevalence
           More terrible than magic spell.          --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]

  Usurp \U*surp"\, 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.
  
           The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and
           fanatics had usurped.                    --Evelyn.
  
           And now the Spirits of the Mind Are busy with poor
           Peter Bell; Upon the rights of visual sense Usurping,
           with a prevalence More terrible than magic spell.
                                                    --Wordsworth.

  Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
     get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
     to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
     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.
  
           Alack, thou dost usurp authority.        --Shak.
  
           Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
           usurped government, would of course be perfectly
           justifiable.                             --Burke.
  
     Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
           functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
           common dispossession of private property.
  
     Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.

  usurp
       v 1: 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" [syn: assume, seize,
            take over, arrogate]
       2: take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party
          after the news of the terorist act broke"

  usurp
     Αγγλικά vb.
     σφετερίζομαι

  usurp
     vb.
     1 To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
     2 To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
     3 To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something
  else.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To make use of.

  usurp
     vb.
     1 To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
     2 To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
     3 To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something
  else.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To make use of.

  usurp
     vb.
     1 To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
     2 To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
     3 To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something
  else.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To make use of.

  usurp
     vb.
     1 To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
     2 To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
     3 To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something
  else.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To make use of.

  usurp
     Englanti vb.
     anastaa, kaapata valta

  Usurp /juːzˈɜːp/
  إغتصب

  usurp //juˈsɝp// //juːˈzɜːp// 
  заграбвам, присвоявам си, узурпирам
  seize power

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/ 
  uzurpovat

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/ 
  uchvátit

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/ 
  zmocnit

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/ 
  trawsfeddiannu 

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/
  
  νοσφρίζομαι, σφετερίζομαι

  usurp //juˈsɝp// //juːˈzɜːp// 
  kaapata, anastaa valta
  seize power

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/ 
  1. दबा~ले, दबा~बैठ, अन्याय~से~ले~ले, छीन~ले
        "The minister usurped the king's throne."

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/
  oteti, prisvojiti, uzeti

  usurp //juˈsɝp// //juːˈzɜːp// 
  簒奪
  seize power

  usurp /juːzəp/
  kraken, usurperen, overweldigen, zich meester maken van

  usurp //juˈsɝp// //juːˈzɜːp// 
  usurpere
  seize power

  usurp /ju:ˈzɜ:p/ 
    uzurpować

  usurp /juːzəp/
  defraudar, esbulhar, usurpar

  usurp //juˈsɝp// //juːˈzɜːp// 
  bemäktiga sig, inkräkta på, tillskansa sig, usurpera
  seize power

  usurp /juːzˈɜːp/
  1. gasbetmek, zorla almak, el koymak. usurpa'tion  gasıp, zor ve hile ile tahta oturma. usurper  gasbeden kimse.

  
/ˌjuˈsɝp/

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "usurp":
     accroach, adopt, advance upon, appropriate, arrogate, assume,
     assume command, break bounds, colonize, commandeer, conquer,
     cut out, displace, encroach, enslave, go too far, hog, indent,
     infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, jump a claim, know no bounds,
     make an inroad, make free with, make use of, monopolize,
     mount the throne, occupy, overrun, overstep, overstep the bounds,
     play God, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, pretend to, requisition,
     seize, seize power, seize the throne, sit on, squat on, subjugate,
     take all of, take charge, take command, take it all, take over,
     take possession of, take the helm, take the lead, take up,
     transgress, trespass
  
  

  v. 篡夺,做霸占行为,僭取;

     vt. 篡夺,做霸占行为,夺取
     vi. 篡夺,侵占