How many syllables in Usurp
Word
Usurp
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
u-surp
Definition
- v. t. - To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without
right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown;
to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess
him.
- v. i. - To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or
the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act
as, a usurper.
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