different between usurper vs usurp

English

Etymology

From Latin ?s?rp?re (“to seize for use, to use”)

Compare usurer and use

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?s??p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?(?)

Noun

usurper (plural usurpers)

1. One who usurps.

Related terms

• usurpress

Translations

Anagrams

• pursuer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.zy?.pe/

Verb

usurper

1. to usurp

Conjugation

Further reading

• “usurper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

?s?rper

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ?s?rp?

English

Etymology

From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ?s?rp?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju?s?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju??z??p/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p

Verb

usurp (third-person singular simple present usurps, present participle usurping, simple past and past participle usurped)

1. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
2. To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
3. To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
4. (obsolete) To make use of.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 149:

     " […] especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses […] "

Related terms

• usurpation
• usurper

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