Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - usurp
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(usurps, usurping, usurped) If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. (FORMAL) Did she usurp his place in his mother’s heart?... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French usorper, from Latin ~are to take possession of without legal claim, from usually (ablative of usus use) + rapere to seize — more at rapid Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right ~ a throne b. to take or make use of without right ~ed the rights to her life story 2. to take the place of by or as if by force ; supplant must not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice ~ careful judgment intransitive verb to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully • ~ation noun • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. 1 tr. seize or assume (a throne or power etc.) wrongfully. 2 intr. (foll. by on, upon) encroach. Derivatives usurpation n. usurper n. Etymology: ME f. OF usurper f. L usurpare seize for use ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. узурпировать, незаконно захватывать (власть и т. п.) 2. редк. посягать (на что-л.) to usurp (up)on smb.'s rights —- посягать на чьи-л. права ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. узурпировать, незаконно захватывать Syn: appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, pre-empt Ant: relinquish ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from O.Fr. usurper, from L. usurpare "make use of, sieze for use," from usus "a use" + rapere "to sieze." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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