usurpo

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See also: usurpó and usurpò

Catalan

Verb

usurpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

Galician

Verb

usurpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈzur.po/
  • Rhymes: -urpo
  • Hyphenation: u‧sùr‧po

Etymology 1

Deverbal from usurpare (to usurp) +‎ -o

Noun

usurpo m (plural usurpi)

  1. (obsolete, rare) usurpation, encroachment
    Synonyms: (uncommon) usurpamento, usurpazione

Further reading

  • usurpo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

usurpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpare

Latin

Etymology

From ūsus and rapiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

ūsūrpō (present infinitive ūsūrpāre, perfect active ūsūrpāvī, supine ūsūrpātum); first conjugation

  1. to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute
    Synonyms: adhibeō, sūmō, assūmō, ūtor, vēscor
  2. (law) to seize, get possession of, acquire, obtain something
    Synonyms: impetrō, acquīrō, cōnsequor, lucror, inveniō, pariō, emō, obtineō, potior
    Antonym: āmittō
  3. (law) to assume, appropriate or get possession of unlawfully, usurp; trespass on
  4. (by extension, in language) to name, call, speak or talk of, adopt, assume

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • usurpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • usurpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • usurpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

usurpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar

Spanish

Verb

usurpo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of usurpar