usurp

usurp

1. anastaa, kaapata valta

Liittyvät sanat: usurpation

Synonyymisanakirja

usurp

ottaa valtaansa, vallata, liittää, ottaa haltuun, valloittaa, ottaa, anastaa, siepata, ottaa haltuunsa.

Englannin sanakirja

usurp englanniksi

1. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

2. To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.

3. puhekieltä To make use of.

4. 1662, w:Henry More|Henry More, s:An Antidote Against Atheism|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 (..)"

5. To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.

6. (RQ:Fielding Tom Jone)

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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