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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

French

Participle

usurpant

  1. present participle of usurper

Latin

Verb

ūsūrpant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ūsūrpō
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