All 4 Uses of
usurp
in
As You Like It
- The SCENE lies first near OLIVER'S house; afterwards partly in the Usurper's court and partly in the Forest of Arden.†
Scene 1.1
- detain'd by her usurping uncle
Scene 1.2 *usurping = who seizes power without authority
- Indeed, my lord, The melancholy Jaques grieves at that; And, in that kind, swears you do more usurp Than doth your brother that hath banish'd you.†
Scene 2.1
- Thus most invectively he pierceth through The body of the country, city, court, Yea, and of this our life: swearing that we Are mere usurpers, tyrants, and what's worse, To fright the animals, and to kill them up In their assign'd and native dwelling-place.†
Scene 2.1
Definition:
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(usurp) seize or take control without authority