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Meaning of usurp


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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