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Definition of Usurps

Usurp
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
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.

Meaning of Usurps from wikipedia

- A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country...
- A usurper is a person who makes an illegitimate or controversial claim to power. Look up usurper, usurp, or usurpation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
- The Gallienus usurpers were the usurpers who claimed imperial power during the reign of Gallienus (253–268, the first part of which he shared with his...
- Land usurpation is the appropriation of land from the previous or lawful owner. Dean, Werren (1971). "Latifundia and Land Policy in Nineteenth-Century...
- Fruela (or Froila) was briefly the king of Asturias in 866 after usurping the throne from Alfonso III. Prior to seizing the throne, Fruela was a count...
- usurpers were individuals or groups of individuals who obtained or tried to obtain power by force and without legitimate legal authority. Usurpation was...
- following is a list of usurpers in the Roman Empire. For an overview of the problem and consequences of usurpation, see Roman usurpers. In the Eastern Roman...
- support of Constantius II and in opposition to the usurper Magnentius. Holt, Walter (2005). "Usurping a Usurper: The Poemenius Revolt at Trier". Journal of the...
- Search for "usurper king"  or "usurper queen" on Wikipedia. The following is a list of usurpersillegitimate or controversial claimants to the throne...
- Roman usurpers compiled by the author(s) of the Historia Augusta. According to Historia, this Valens was the uncle or great-uncle of another usurper, Valens...