usurp

verb (usurp, usurps, usurped, usurping)

«usurp» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

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To usurp is to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it. tree →

in tales a wicked adviser or relative seizes a king's crown and rules in his place

He is then killed by his insidious adviser, who usurps his throne. tree →
He set out to demand the kingdom which his uncle had so unjustly usurped. tree →

nothing for maths

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