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.
&fist; 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.
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.
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.
&fist; 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.
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.
