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u·surp    Audio Help   (yōō-sûrp', -zûrp')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   u·surped, u·surp·ing, u·surps

v.   tr.
  1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force or without legal authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.
  2. To take over or occupy without right: usurp a neighbor's land.
  3. To take the place of (another) without legal authority; supplant.

v.   intr.
To seize another's place, authority, or possession wrongfully.


[Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre, to take into use, usurp; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

u·surp'er n., u·surp'ing·ly adv.
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