Both Uses
usurp
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- What art thou, that usurp'st this time of night,
p. 11.4 *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.†p. 153.5usurp = seize or take control without authority
Definitions:
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(1)
(usurp) seize or take control without authority
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)