Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to usurp
Participle: usurped
Gerund: usurping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | usurp |
| you | usurp |
| he;she;it | usurps |
| we | usurp |
| you | usurp |
| they | usurp |
Perfect
| I | have usurped |
| you | have usurped |
| he;she;it | has usurped |
| we | have usurped |
| you | have usurped |
| they | have usurped |
Past
| I | usurped |
| you | usurped |
| he;she;it | usurped |
| we | usurped |
| you | usurped |
| they | usurped |
Pluperfect
| I | had usurped |
| you | had usurped |
| he;she;it | had usurped |
| we | had usurped |
| you | had usurped |
| they | had usurped |
Future
| I | will usurp |
| you | will usurp |
| he;she;it | will usurp |
| we | will usurp |
| you | will usurp |
| they | will usurp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have usurped |
| you | will have usurped |
| he;she;it | will have usurped |
| we | will have usurped |
| you | will have usurped |
| they | will have usurped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | usurp |
| you | usurp |
| he;she;it | usurp |
| we | usurp |
| you | usurp |
| they | usurp |
Perfect
| I | have usurped |
| you | have usurped |
| he;she;it | have usurped |
| we | have usurped |
| you | have usurped |
| they | have usurped |
Imperfect
| I | usurped |
| you | usurped |
| he;she;it | usurped |
| we | usurped |
| you | usurped |
| they | usurped |
Pluperfect
| I | had usurped |
| you | had usurped |
| he;she;it | had usurped |
| we | had usurped |
| you | had usurped |
| they | had usurped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would usurp |
| you | would usurp |
| he;she;it | would usurp |
| we | would usurp |
| you | would usurp |
| they | would usurp |
Perfect
| I | would have usurped |
| you | would have usurped |
| he;she;it | would have usurped |
| we | would have usurped |
| you | would have usurped |
| they | would have usurped |
Imperative
| you | usurp |
| we | Let's usurp |
| you | usurp |
Verbs conjugated like 'usurp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'usurp'
usure,
burp,
slurp,
sump,
sup,
surf,
vurp,
adsorp,
adure,
assure,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1325, from O.Fr.
usurper, from L.
usurpare "make use of, sieze for use," in L.L. "to assume unlawfully," from
usus "a use" (see use) +
rapere "to sieze" (see rapid).
2. From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō. See: Latin '
ūsūrpō'.
Verbs referencing "usurp"
Esperanto
uzurpi, Ido uzurpar.
Sample Sentences
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[S]o he dies,
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But soon revives, Death over him no power
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Shall long usurp […] [1674, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 326:]
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[…] usurped or took any name or title of honor or dignity. In many cases it happened that persons who had usurped arms without authority, entered their names […] [1848, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, page 343:]
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In this case, you have usurped the copyright owner's reasonably expected right to make a derivative work[.] [2021, Carol Simpson, Sara E. Wolf, Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide, page 199:]
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Most Republicans in Congress are complying as Mr. Trump usurps the power of the national legislature, as laid out in Article 1 of the Constitution. [2025 February 25, Linda Feldmann, “How Trump skirts checks and balances unlike any modern-day US president”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]
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But if now / You ſhould (as cruell fathers do) proclame / Your right, and Tyrant like uſurp the glory / Of my peculiar honours, not deriv'd / From ſucceſſary, but purchas'd with my bloud, / Then I muſt ſtand firſt Champion for my ſelfe, / Againſt all interpoſers. [c. 1619–1623, John Ford, “The Lawes of Candy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 52, column 1:]
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Jones answered all his questions with much civility, though he never remembered to have seen the petty-fogger before; and though he concluded, from the outward appearance and behaviour of the man, that he usurped a freedom with his betters, to which he was by no means intitled. [1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:]
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The recent authorities have usefully drawn attention to the need to ensure that any assessment of the merits of a case does not usurp careful attention to the criteria in section 10(9), to which we now turn. [2016, Stephen Gilmore, Lisa Glennon, Hayes and Williams' Family Law, page 484:]
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"[…] 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 […]" [1653, Henry More, “appendix”, in An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC:]