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usurp
(encz) | usurp,uchvátit v: Zdeněk Brož |
usurp
(encz) | usurp,uzurpovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
usurp
(encz) | usurp,zmocnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Usurp
(gcide) | Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;
as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the
crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to
oust or dispossess him.
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Alack, thou dost usurp authority. --Shak.
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Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
usurped government, would of course be perfectly
justifiable. --Burke.
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Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
common dispossession of private property.
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Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
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Usurp
(gcide) | Usurp \U*surp"\, v. i.
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the
like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be,
or act as, a usurper.
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The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and
fanatics had usurped. --Evelyn.
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And now the Spirits of the Mind
Are busy with poor Peter Bell;
Upon the rights of visual sense
Usurping, with a prevalence
More terrible than magic spell. --Wordsworth.
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usurp
(wn) | usurp
v 1: seize and take control without authority and possibly with
force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to
himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he
usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after
her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, {take
over}, arrogate]
2: take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party
after the news of the terrorist act broke" |
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usurpation
(encz) | usurpation,uchvácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
usurped
(encz) | usurped, adj: |
usurper
(encz) | usurper,uchvatitel n: Zdeněk Brož |
Usurp
(gcide) | Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;
as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the
crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to
oust or dispossess him.
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Alack, thou dost usurp authority. --Shak.
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Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
usurped government, would of course be perfectly
justifiable. --Burke.
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Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
common dispossession of private property.
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Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
[1913 Webster]Usurp \U*surp"\, v. i.
To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the
like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be,
or act as, a usurper.
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The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and
fanatics had usurped. --Evelyn.
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And now the Spirits of the Mind
Are busy with poor Peter Bell;
Upon the rights of visual sense
Usurping, with a prevalence
More terrible than magic spell. --Wordsworth.
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Usurpant
(gcide) | Usurpant \U*surp"ant\, a. [L. usurpans, p. pr.]
Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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Usurpation
(gcide) | Usurpation \U`sur*pa"tion\, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
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1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power,
especially an infringing on the rights of others;
specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; --
commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the
usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.
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He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation
of the regal dignity upon him. --Sir T. More.
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A law [of a State] which is a usurpation upon the
general government. --O.
Ellsworth.
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Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States.
--D. Webster.
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Note: Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the
absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a
church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant
benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted.
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2. Use; usage; custom. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
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Usurpatory
(gcide) | Usurpatory \U*surp"a*to*ry\, a. [L. usurpatorius.]
Marked by usurpation; usurping. [R.]
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Usurpature
(gcide) | Usurpature \U*surp"a*ture\, n.
Usurpation. [R.] "Beneath man's usurpature." --R. Browning.
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Usurped
(gcide) | Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;
as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the
crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to
oust or dispossess him.
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Alack, thou dost usurp authority. --Shak.
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Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
usurped government, would of course be perfectly
justifiable. --Burke.
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Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
common dispossession of private property.
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Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
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Usurper
(gcide) | Usurper \U*surp"er\, n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on
sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of
the rights of a patron.
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A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not
usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it.
--South.
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Usurping
(gcide) | Usurp \U*surp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy,
get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin
to usus use (see Use, n.): cf. F. usurper.]
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right;
as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the
crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to
oust or dispossess him.
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Alack, thou dost usurp authority. --Shak.
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Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and
usurped government, would of course be perfectly
justifiable. --Burke.
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Note: Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office,
functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to
common dispossession of private property.
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Syn: To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
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Usurpingly
(gcide) | Usurpingly \U*surp"ing*ly\, adv.
In a usurping manner.
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usurpation
(wn) | usurpation
n 1: entry to another's property without right or permission
[syn: trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion,
usurpation]
2: wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force
(especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority); "a
succession of generals who ruled by usurpation" |
usurper
(wn) | usurper
n 1: one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place
of another [syn: usurper, supplanter] |
USURPATION
(bouvier) | USURPATION, torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which
belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and
possession. Toml. Law Dict. h.t.
2. According to Lord Coke, there are two kinds of usurpation. 1. When a
stranger, without right, presents to a church, and his clerk is admitted;
and, 2. When a subject uses a franchise of the king without lawful
authority. Co. Litt. 277 b.
USURPATION, government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force
contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country.
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USURPED POWER
(bouvier) | USURPED POWER, insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are
considered as making a part of the contract of insurance it is provided,
that "No loss of damage by fire, happening by any invasion, foreign enemy,
or any military or usurped power whatsoever will be made good by this
company." Lord Chief J. Wilmot, Mr. Justice Clive, and Mr. Justice Bathurst,
against the opinion of Mr. Justice Gould, determined that the true import of
the words usurped power in the proviso, was an invasion, from abroad, or an
internal rebellion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the
laws are silent, and when the firing of towns becomes unavoidable; but that
those words could not mean the power of a common mob. 2 Marsh. Ins. 390.
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USURPER
(bouvier) | USURPER, government. One who assumes the right of government by force,
contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country. Toull. Dr.
Civ. n. 32. Vide Tyranny,
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