usurpant

English

Etymology

Latin usurpans, present participle.

Adjective

usurpant (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Usurping; encroaching.
   • 1659, John Gauden, The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England:

     factious and insolent Presbyters ventured to be extravagant and usurpant

References

“usurpant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Catalan

Verb

usurpant

1. gerund of usurpar

French

Participle

usurpant

1. present participle of usurper

Latin

Verb

ūsūrpant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ūsūrpō