Both Uses of
usurp
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- What art thou, that usurp'st this time of night,
Scene 1.1 *usurp = seize or take control
- Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing;
Confederate season, else no creature seeing;
Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected,
With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected,
Thy natural magic and dire property
On wholesome life usurp immediately.†Scene 3.2usurp = seize or take control without authority