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