单词 | usurping |
释义 | usurpingn. The action of the verb; usurpation; an instance of this. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority usurpmenta1470 usurpation1470 usurping1521 usurpa1647 self-assumptiona1658 accroaching1659 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right presumptiona1387 usurpationc1420 presumptuositya1450 usurpmenta1470 usurping1521 usurpa1647 usurpature1845 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal assumption of authority presumptuositya1450 usurpmenta1470 usurpation1470 usurping1521 presumption1565 usurpa1647 rebuttable presumption1837 1521 Ld. Dacre in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 282 The Dukes fader..in the tyme of his usurping made diverse knightes. 1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Aii The vsurpyng of tuthes to priuate commoditie. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 119 Excuse it is to beat vsurping downe. View more context for this quotation 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 36 Dropping December shall come weeping in, Bewayle th' usurping of his Raigne. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. lxxi. 89 The injurious usurping the Countries liberty. a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Apol. Liturgy in Συμβαλον Θεολογικον (1674) Pref. sig. b4 To secure the inclosures of the Clerical orders from the usurpings and invasions of..unhallowed spirits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). usurpingadj. 1. a. That usurps, in various senses. Also in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [adjective] > wrongfully assuming office usurpant1461 usurping1574 usurpative1797 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > infringing or encroaching usurping1574 usurpious1606 encroachinga1616 exorbitant1631 invasive1670 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [adjective] > wrongful seizure of power or property usurpant1461 usurpate1560 usurping1574 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative > characterized by usurpation > usurping usurpant1461 usurping1574 usurpious1606 1574 Homilies ii. Rebellion vi. 611 [To] blesse the cursynges of suche wicked vsurpyng bishops and tyrantes. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. D6 That such a base vsurping vagabond Should..weare a princely crowne. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. F2 The vsurping King of Fraunce. View more context for this quotation a1642 Godolphin in Caroline Poets II. (1906) 247 Hear an usurping soule doth dwell. 1659 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1920) IV. 164 'Tis a reasonable..demaunde, specially as to new and vsurpinge lords. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vii. 313 God is jealous of his glory;..he makes war against the proud man, as an usurping invader of it. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 242 That worst of Tyrants, an usurping Crowd. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cliii. 79 I have..survey'd Its [sc. St. Sophia's] sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem pray'd. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. ii. i. 160 To expel an usurping idol from the house of God. 1901 T. R. Glover Life & Lett. 4th Cent. Introd. 9 Usurping and suspicious Emperors. b. transferred. Of things. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > infringing or encroaching > specifically of things usurping1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 257 It mournes, that painting vsurping [= false] haire Should rauish dooters with a false aspect. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 181 If ought possesse thee from me, it is drosse, Vsurping Iuie, Brier, or idle Mosse. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 12 If your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) York 226 It follows not that the Usurping Tulip is better then the Rose. c. figurative. Of emotions, qualities, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > arousing passion or strong emotion > overwhelming with strong emotion entrancing1596 usurping1633 drowning1659 1633 G. Herbert Love in Temple ii. iii Thou shalt recover all thy gods in kinde, Who wert disseized by usurping lust. 1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D6 By that flood To wash usurping grief from off that part Where most she reign'd. 1698 W. Chilcot Pract. Treat. Evil Thoughts vi. 165 There are none more apt to grow usurping and ungovernable..than these [thoughts] . 1747 J. Hawkesworth Winter in Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 588 The ling'ring hours prolong the night, Usurping Darkness shares the day. 2. Characterized by usurpation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > characterized by usurped authority usurping1809 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative > characterized by usurpation usurpedc1430 usurpate1560 usurpative1797 usurping1809 usurpatory1847 1809 W. Wordsworth O'er Wide Earth 8 In these usurping times of fear and pain. Derivatives uˈsurpingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adverb] > by usurpation usurpously1461 usurpately1536 usurpedly?1542 usurpingly1589 usurpatively1838 society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [adverb] > by or with wrongful assumption of office usurpously1461 usurpately1536 usurpingly1589 usurpedly1647 usurpatively1838 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > encroachingly usurpingly1589 encroachingly1822 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 25 Many other causes, which you bishops..do usurpingly take from the ciuill magistrate. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 76 Either for that their children misgouerne themselues, or their wiues behaue themselues vsurpingly. 1661 Sir H. Vane's Politicks 3 It skills not much whether lineally descended, or usurpingly advanced. 1827 E. A. Poe Tamerlane 32 The fever'd diadem on my brow I claim'd and won usurpingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1521adj.1574 |
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