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Meaning Of Usurp
v. t.
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.
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.