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usurp 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/yo͞oˈsərp/,
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usurped, past participle; usurping, present participle; usurped, past tense; usurps, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force
    • - Richard usurped the throne
  2. Take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally: supplant
    • - the Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts
  3. Encroach or infringe upon (someone's rights)
    • - the Church had usurped upon the domain of the state
  1. assume: 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"
  2. take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
  3. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means; To use and assume the coat of arms of another person
  4. (v.) to seize by force, take possession of without right (The rogue army general tried to usurp control of the government, but he failed because most of the army backed the legally elected president.)
  5. To seize and hold illegally and by force *or without right.
  6. To seize control by force or illegal means, as of the Roman Empire or a portion of, such as Gaul.
  7. u·surp (yˇ-sűrpą, -zűrpą) verb u·surped, u·surp·ing, u·surps verb, transitive 1. To seize and hold (the power or rights of another, for example) by force and without legal authority. 2. To take over or occupy without right: usurp a neighbor's land. ...