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Webster 1913 Edition
Usurper
U-surp′er
,Noun.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power;
as, the
. usurper
of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patronA crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not
usurpers
, if their power serves them, to possess it. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Usurper
USURP'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
usurper
usurper
English
Noun
usurper (plural usurpers)
- One who usurps.
- 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
- The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
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Related terms
Translations
one who usurps
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.zyʁ.pe/
Verb
usurper
- to usurp
Conjugation
Conjugation of usurper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | usurper | avoir usurpé | |||||
| gerund | en usurpant | en ayant usurpé | |||||
| present participle | usurpant /y.zyʁ.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | usurpé /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpes /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpons /y.zyʁ.pɔ̃/ |
usurpez /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
usurpent /y.zyʁp/ |
| imperfect | usurpais /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
usurpais /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
usurpait /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
usurpions /y.zyʁ.pjɔ̃/ |
usurpiez /y.zyʁ.pje/ |
usurpaient /y.zyʁ.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | usurpai /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
usurpas /y.zyʁ.pa/ |
usurpa /y.zyʁ.pa/ |
usurpâmes /y.zyʁ.pam/ |
usurpâtes /y.zyʁ.pat/ |
usurpèrent /y.zyʁ.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | usurperai /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁe/ |
usurperas /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁa/ |
usurpera /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁa/ |
usurperons /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɔ̃/ |
usurperez /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁe/ |
usurperont /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | usurperais /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
usurperais /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
usurperait /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
usurperions /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
usurperiez /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁje/ |
usurperaient /y.zyʁ.pə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpes /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
usurpions /y.zyʁ.pjɔ̃/ |
usurpiez /y.zyʁ.pje/ |
usurpent /y.zyʁp/ |
| imperfect1 |
usurpasse /y.zyʁ.pas/ |
usurpasses /y.zyʁ.pas/ |
usurpât /y.zyʁ.pa/ |
usurpassions /y.zyʁ.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
usurpassiez /y.zyʁ.pa.sje/ |
usurpassent /y.zyʁ.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | usurpe /y.zyʁp/ |
— | usurpons /y.zyʁ.pɔ̃/ |
usurpez /y.zyʁ.pe/ |
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