Both Uses
usurp
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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- "So," he exclaimed, "these cowards would usurp a brave man's bed?†
Book 4usurp = seize or take control without authority
- So, then, these cowards would usurp a brave man's bed?
Book 17 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(usurp) seize or take control without authority
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)