Definition for Usurp (-ed, -s)

usurp (-ed, -s), v. [OFr usurper, seize for use, employ.]

  1. Expropriate; seize; take.
  2. Assume predominance over; dispossess; supplant. 924 Love … Confirms it at its entrance – And / Usurps it – of itself

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