usurp

«usurp» in Mova's school dictionary: to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (usurp, usurps, usurped, usurping)

meaning for a pupil

To usurp is to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a wicked adviser or relative seizes a king's crown and rules in his place

examples

• He is then killed by his insidious adviser, who usurps his throne. tree →
• He set out to demand the kingdom which his uncle had so unjustly usurped. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «usurp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.