Sentence example with the word 'usurp'

usurp

accroach, assume, conquer, go too far, invade, make free with, overrun, prepossess, seize the throne, take charge, take the helm

Definition v. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force

Last update: July 9, 2016


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The minister usurped the king's throne.   [Please select]

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But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.   [verb]

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UMD does n't usurp DVD in terms of what it brings.   [verb]

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The Magi have usurped the throne of the Achaemenidae.   [verb]

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Leroux, the antagonist of our philosophical demigods, the demolisher of usurped reputations, the pitiless critic of every thing that is respected because of its antiquity.   [verb]

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Nine hundred and ninety-nine parts of this land is the legitimate property of the possessors; only one-thousandth of the value has been usurped.   [verb]

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He therefore took leave of his kind friend and preceptor, and set out for Iolcus to demand from his uncle Pelias the kingdom which he had so unjustly usurped.   [verb]

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A white, dull light fell from a large window, with tiny panes, on the left, which usurped the whole width of the room.   [verb]

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Being pushed unceremoniously to one sidewhich was precisely what I wishedhe usurped my place, and proceeded to accompany himself: for he could play as well as sing.   [verb]

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Then seized with fear, yet still affecting fame, Usurped a patriot's all-atoning name.   [verb]

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Adherents flocked to him, and for a whole year Murad was engaged in suppressing his attempts to usurp the throne.   [Please select]

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