Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by usurpation.
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- verb Present participle of
usurp .
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Examples
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Richard, considering him as his natural rival, and feeling offended, moreover, at the dictatorial manner in which he, a vassal of France for his Continental domains, conducted himself towards his liege lord, endeavoured to strengthen his own party, and weaken that of Richard, by uniting the Crusading princes of inferior degree in resistance to what he termed the usurping authority of the King of England.
The Talisman 2008
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It was a close race but Date Night succeeded in usurping Clash of the Titans from its thrown at the top of the box office.
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It was a close race but Date Night succeeded in usurping Clash of the Titans from its thrown at the top of the box office.
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When libertarians manage to ward off criminal activity through their own efforts, do they feel a special pride in usurping the function of the state that other people do not?
Found Objects 2006
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Ishmael in usurping the government of Judea against the will of the king of Babylon (2Ki 25: 25; Jer 41: 15) [Grotius].
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Of all people, he would not have wanted his name usurping that of the nation.
Stabroek News 2008
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Of all people, he would not have wanted his name usurping that of the nation.
Stabroek News 2008
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Of all people, he would not have wanted his name usurping that of the nation.
Stabroek News 2008
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He never anticipated...or perhaps he did (he did after all mention the crazy years)—an ideology (political correctness) that would make it impossible for anyone to talk about anyone else's problems, particularly for a man to write about the problems of women without oppressing them by his very act of "usurping" their "victimhood."
Archive 2010-01-01 Fred Kiesche 2010
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He never anticipated...or perhaps he did (he did after all mention the crazy years)—an ideology (political correctness) that would make it impossible for anyone to talk about anyone else's problems, particularly for a man to write about the problems of women without oppressing them by his very act of "usurping" their "victimhood."
The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2010
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