usurpant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin usurpans, present participle.

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

usurpant

  1. gerund of usurpar

French[edit]

Participle[edit]

usurpant

  1. present participle of usurper

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

ūsūrpant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ūsūrpō
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