Word Meanings - USURPATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.

• Sovereignly
  In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
• Usurper
  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 patron.
• Enjoyment
  The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.
• Infringement
  The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.
• Infringer
  One who infringes or violates; a violator.
• Sovereignties
  of Sovereignty
• Usurpingly
  In a usurping manner.
• Especially
  In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
• Sovereignty
  The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into
• AUTHORIZEONESSELF
  , to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. Sir P. Sidney.
• Arbitrary
  Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
• Exercise
  The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
• Powerable
  Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
• Specifically
  In a specific manner.
• Assumption
  The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
• Exercised
  of Exercise
• Powerful
  Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.
• Authorizable
  Capable of being authorized.

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