usurpative

English

Adjective

usurpative (comparative more usurpative, superlative most usurpative)

1. That usurps.

Derived terms

• usurpatively

Anagrams

• supurative

Italian

Adjective

usurpative f

1. feminine plural of usurpativo

Latin

Etymology

ūsūrpātīvus +‎ -ē

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.suːr.paːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [uːs̠uːrpäːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.sur.paˈti.ve/, [us̬urpäˈt̪iːve]

Adverb

ūsūrpātīvē (not comparable)

1. in an unusual manner, improperly, wrongly

   usurpative ait hordea

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Further reading

• “ūsurpātīvē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press