Usurp: alternatives and connections

To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

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Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

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The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

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A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

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To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.

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To trip up.

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Taken.

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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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