ūsūrpō āvī, ātus, āre usus+RAP-, to seize for use, grasp for enjoyment, seize upon, take into use, make use of, use, employ, adopt, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy. hoc genus poenae saepe in improbos civīs esse usurpatum recordatur: ex tanto intervallo rem desuetam, L.: consolationes a sapientissimis viris usurpatae: ex usurpatā libertate in servitutem adserendi, i. e. after experience of liberty, L.: Curi cum caritate aliquā benevolā memoriam usurpare, cherish the memory of: ius, exercise, L.

—In law, to seize, become seized, take possession, acquire, obtain: surculo defringendo, i. e. by breaking off a twig (as a symbol of ownership).

—To seize wrongfully, usurp, trespass on: cuius ius tyranni quoque usurparunt, appropriated, L.: usurpandae alienae possessionis causā, L.

—In language, to name, call, speak of, talk of, adopt, assume: Graecum verbum: admonet saepe usurpatae Dionysi vocis, quā, etc., L.: Laelius, is, qui Sapiens usurpatur: quae (via) antea silebatur, eadem nunc crebro usurpatur, is on everybody's tongue.