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usurpant

usurpant adjective: usurping; encroaching.

Adjective

usurpant (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Usurping; encroaching.
    • factious and insolent Presbyters ventured to be extravagant and usurpant1659, John Gauden, The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England

Origin of usurpant

Latin usurpans, present participle.

Questions about usurpant

What does usurpant mean?
Usurpant means usurping; encroaching.
What part of speech is usurpant?
Usurpant is an adjective.

Words near usurpant in the dictionary

  1. usurous
  2. usurously
  3. usurp
  4. usurpability
  5. usurpable
  6. usurpant
  7. usurpation
  8. usurpationist
  9. usurpations
  10. usurpative
  11. usurpatively

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