USURPER
USURP'ER, noun One who seizes or occupies the property of another without right; as the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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USURPING
USURP'ING, participle present tense Seizing or occupying the power or property of another without right.The worst of tyrants, an usurping crowd.
USURPINGLY
USURP'INGLY, adverb By usurpation; without just right or claim.
USURY
U'SURY, noun s as z. [Latin usura, from utor, to use.]1. Formerly, interest; or a premium paid or stipulated to be paid for the use of money.[Usury formerly denoted any legal in...
UTENSIL
UTEN'SIL, noun [This seems to be formed on the participle of the Latin utor.]An instrument; that which is used; particularly, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in do...
UTERINE
U'TERINE, adjective [Latin uterinus, from uterus.]Pertaining to the womb. uterine brother or sister, is one born of the same mother, but by a different father.
UTERO-GESTATION
UTERO-GESTA'TION, noun Gestation in the womb from conception to birth.
UTERUS
U'TERUS, noun [Latin] The womb.
UTILITY
UTIL'ITY, noun [Latin utilas, from utor, to use.]Usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as the utility of manures upon land; the utility of the sci...
UTILIZE
U'TILIZE, verb transitive To gain; to acquire. [Rare.]
UTIS
U'TIS, noun Bustle; stir. [Not in use.]
UTMOST
UT'MOST, adjective1. Extreme; being at the furthest point or extremity; as the utmost limit of North America; the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge...
UTOPIAN
UTO'PIAN, adjective [from More's Utopia.] Ideal; chimerical; fanciful; not well founded.
UTRICLE
U'TRICLE, adjective [Latin utriculus, a little bag or bottle.]1. A little bag or bladder; a little cell; a reservoir in plants to receive the sap.2. A capsule of one cell, and c...
UTRICULAR
UTRIC'ULAR, adjective Containing utricles; furnished with glandular vessels like small bags; as plants.
UTTER
UT'TER, adjective1. Situated on the outside or remote from the center.2. Placed or being beyond any compass; out of any place; as the utter deep.3. Extreme; excessive; utmost; a...
UTTERABLE
UT'TERABLE, adjective That may be uttered, pronounced or expressed.
UTTERANCE
UT'TERANCE, noun1. The act of uttering words; pronunciation; manner of speaking; as a good or bad utteranceThey began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them uttera...
UTTERED
UT'TERED, participle passive Spoken; pronounced; disclosed; published; put into circulation.
UTTERER
UT'TERER, noun1. One who utters; one who pronounces.2. One who divulges or discloses.3. One who puts into circulation.4. A seller; a vender.
UTTERING
UT'TERING, participle present tense Pronouncing; disclosing; putting into circulation; selling.
UTTERLY
UT'TERLY, adverb To the full extent; fully; perfectly; totally; as utterly tired; utterly debased; utterly lost to all sense of shame; It is utterly vain; utterly out of my power.
UTTERMOST
UT'TERMOST, adjective [utter and most.] Extreme; being in the furthest, greatest or highest degree; as the uttermost extent or end; the uttermost distress.UT'TERMOST, noun The g...
UVEOUS
U'VEOUS, adjective [Latin uva, a grape. Resembling a grape. The uveous coat of the eye, or uvea, is the posterior lamin of the iris; so called by the ancients, because in the an...
UVULA
U'VULA, noun [Latin] A soft round spungy body, suspended from the palate near the foramina of the nostrils, over the glottis.The small conical body projecting from the middle of...
UXORIOUS
UXO'RIOUS, adjective [Latin uxorius, from uxor, wife.] Submissively fond of a wife.
UXORIOUSLY
UXO'RIOUSLY, adverb With fond or servile submission to a wife.