USURPED
Verb
usurped
simple past tense and past participle of usurp
Anagrams
• Purdues, pudeurs, pursued
Source: Wiktionary
USURP
U*surp", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n. Usurping.]
Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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.
U*surp", v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition