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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