The Only Use
usurp
in
The Call of the Wild
(Edited)
- For the last time in his life he allowed passion to usurp cunning and reason, and it was because of his great love for John Thornton that he lost his head.
p. 176.5usurp = seize or take control
Definitions:
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(1)
(usurp) seize or take control without authority
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)