LekhoriLekhoriTo seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
[S]o he dies, But soon revives, Death over him no power Shall long usurp […]
To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
But if now / You ſhould (as cruell fathers do) proclame / Your right, and Tyrant like uſurp the glory / Of my peculiar honours, not deriv'd / From ſucceſſary, but purchas'd with my bloud, / Then I muſt ſtand firſt Champion for my ſelfe, / Againſt all interpoſers.
From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō (ūsus use + rapiō seize).
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