usurpative
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
usurpative (comparative more usurpative, superlative most usurpative)
- That usurps.
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
usurpative f
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ūsūrpātīvus + -ē
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uː.suːr.paːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [uːs̠uːrpäːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.sur.paˈti.ve/, [us̬urpäˈt̪iːve]
Adverb[edit]
ūsūrpātīvē (not comparable)
- in an unusual manner, improperly, wrongly
Further reading[edit]
- “ūsurpātīvē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press