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usurpature poet.|ˌjuːzɜːˈpeɪtjʊə(r)|
[f. L. ūsurpāt-, ppl. stem of ūsurpāre to usurp, + -ure.]
Usurpation. Also transf.
The stressing (uˈsurpature) given in various Dicts. from 1884 is not borne out by the quots.
1845Browning Flight of Duchess xiv, Her step kept pace with mine nor faltered, As if age had foregone its usurpature. 1860Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. iv. §7. 65 Something superior;..from my innermost nature Not wholly expell'd by the world's usurpature. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. xii. 5 Up and up roared and soared A rocket, till the key o' the vault was reached, And wide heaven held..In brilliant usurpature. |