Usurp
Pronunciation
- IPA: /juˈsÉœrp/Rhymes: -ÉœË(r)p
Origin
From French usurper, from Latin Å«sÅ«rpÄre
Full definition of usurp
Verb
- To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
- To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
- (obsolete) To make use of.
- 1662, Henry More, , Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 149:"... especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses ..."