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usurp

/juˈsɝp/

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What does usurp mean?

verb

  1. 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).
  2. To take the place of someone or something else; to supplant.
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verb

  1. (obsolete) To make use of.

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IPA pronunciation

/juˈsɝp/

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Like all cicada noises it did not usurp the sound world, but constituted itself an underlying basis, so to speak.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe Land of FootprintsProject Gutenberg ebook #1378
It was a mad fantastical trick of him to steal from the state and usurp the beggary he was never born to.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
For a lover to see his sweetheart wearing a muff, denotes that a worthier man will usurp his place in her affections.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
These soubriquets quite usurp our baptismal appellations, and I have often been called 'Maori,' by people who did not actually know my real name.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818