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usurp (v.) Old form(s): vsurpe, vsurp'st , vsurpt
take wrongful possession of, misappropriate
Ham I.i.46[Horatio to Ghost] What art thou that usurpest this time of night
KL IV.ii.28.1[Gonerill to herself, of her husband] A fool usurps my bed
KL V.iii.315[Kent to all, of Lear] He but usurped his life
Tem I.ii.454[Prospero to Ferdinand] Thou dost here usurp / The name thou ow'st not
TN I.v.180[Viola as Cesario to Olivia] you do usurp yourself; for what is yours to bestow is not yours to reserve
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