self-usurp
verb (used with object)
1.
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
2.
to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully: The magazine usurped copyrighted material.
verb (used without object)
3.
to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin ūsūrpāre to take possession through use, equivalent to ūsū (ablative of ūsus use (noun)) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere to seize + -āre infinitive ending
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin ūsūrpāre to take possession through use, equivalent to ūsū (ablative of ūsus use (noun)) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere to seize + -āre infinitive ending
Related forms
u·surp·er, noun
u·surp·ing·ly, adverb
non·u·surp·ing, adjective
non·u·surp·ing·ly, adverb
self-u·surp, verb (used without object)
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Self-usurp
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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usurp (juːˈzɜːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority | |
| [C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, probably from ūsus use + rapere to seize] | |
| usur'pation | |
| —n | |
| u'surpative | |
| —adj | |
| u'surpatory | |
| —adj | |
| u'surper | |
| —n | |
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