usurpant

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adjective

Usurping; encroaching.

OriginLatin usurpans →
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Meanings

adjectiveusurpant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteUsurping; encroaching.

    factious and insolent Presbyters ventured to be extravagant and usurpant

    1659, John Gauden, The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England

Origin

  1. Latinusurpans
  2. Englishusurpant

Latin usurpans, present participle.

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Anagrams

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APA

usurpant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/usurpant

MLA

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Chicago

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