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"ref": "1674, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 326:",
"text": "[S]o he dies,\nBut soon revives, Death over him no power\nShall long usurp […]",
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"ref": "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:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "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:",
"text": "\"[…] 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 […]\"",
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"To make use of."
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"(obsolete) To make use of."
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"tags": [
"General-American"
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"ipa": "/juːˈzɜːp/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "uzurpíravacʹ",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
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"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
],
"word": "узурпи́рам"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zagrábvam",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "загра́бвам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prisvojávam si",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "присвоя́вам си"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "篡奪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuànduó",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "篡夺"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "uzurpovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "uchvátit"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "zich toe-eigenen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurperen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "uzurpi"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "akapari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "kaapata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "anastaa valta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurper"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfeterízomai",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "σφετερίζομαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "bitorol"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "hrifsa völd"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "taka yfir"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "ræna völdum"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "uzurpar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "forghabh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpare"
},
{
"alt": "さんだつする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sandatsu suru",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "簒奪する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chantalhada",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "찬탈하다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zewt kirdin",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "زەوت کردن"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "ūsurpō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "uzurpíra",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "узурпи́ра"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "kōwhaki mana"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpere"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "āgnettan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "uzurpować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "uzurpa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "răpi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uzurpírovatʹ",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "узурпи́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisváivatʹ sebé",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "присва́ивать себе́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prisvóitʹ sebé",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "присво́ить себе́"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "uzurpovať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "uzurpirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "usurpera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "tillskansa sig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "inkräkta på"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "bemäktiga sig"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "anyāyamugā ākramiñcukonu",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "అన్యాయముగా ఆక్రమించుకొను"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "gasbetmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uzurpuváty",
"sense": "seize power",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "узурпува́ти"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "uzurpirn",
"sense": "seize power",
"word": "אוזורפּירן"
}
],
"word": "usurp"
}
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