Index of English words, starting with "us"

(1) - Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
(2) - Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.

(1) - Usurpation (n.) Use; usage; custom.
(2) - Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.

(1) - Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.

(1) - Usury (v. t.) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
(2) - Usury (v. t.) The practice of taking interest.
(3) - Usury (v. t.) A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.