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  1. usurp:


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Detailed Synonyms for usurp in English

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  1. usurp
  2. usurp

to usurp verb (usurps, usurped, usurping)

  1. to usurp
    – seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession 1
    to assume; to seize; to take over; to arrogate; to usurp
    – seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession 1
    • assume verb (assumes, assumed, assuming)
      • He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town1
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
      • She seized control of the throne after her husband died1
    • take over verb (takes over, took over, taking over)
    • arrogate verb (arrogates, arrogated, arrogating)
    • usurp verb (usurps, usurped, usurping)
      • he usurped my rights1
  2. to usurp
    – take the place of 1
    to usurp
    – take the place of 1
    • usurp verb (usurps, usurped, usurping)
      • gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke1

Conjugations for usurp:

present
  1. usurp
  2. usurp
  3. usurps
  4. usurp
  5. usurp
  6. usurp
simple past
  1. usurped
  2. usurped
  3. usurped
  4. usurped
  5. usurped
  6. usurped
present perfect
  1. have usurped
  2. have usurped
  3. has usurped
  4. have usurped
  5. have usurped
  6. have usurped
past continuous
  1. was usurping
  2. were usurping
  3. was usurping
  4. were usurping
  5. were usurping
  6. were usurping
future
  1. shall usurp
  2. will usurp
  3. will usurp
  4. shall usurp
  5. will usurp
  6. will usurp
continuous present
  1. am usurping
  2. are usurping
  3. is usurping
  4. are usurping
  5. are usurping
  6. are usurping
subjunctive
  1. be usurped
  2. be usurped
  3. be usurped
  4. be usurped
  5. be usurped
  6. be usurped
diverse
  1. usurp!
  2. let's usurp!
  3. usurped
  4. usurping
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "usurp":


Related Definitions for "usurp":

  1. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession1
    • he usurped my rights1
  2. take the place of1
    • gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke1