USURE

Etymology

Verb

usure (third-person singular simple present usures, present participle usuring, simple past and past participle usured)

(intransitive, obsolete) To commit usury.

Anagrams

• Eurus, UUers, eurus

Source: Wiktionary


U"sure, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Usured; p. pr. & vb. n. Usuring.] Etym: [Cf. OF. usurer, LL. usurare.]

Definition: To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. [Obs.] "The usuringb senate." Shak. I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).

U"sure, n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: Usury. [Obs.] Wyclif. Foul usure and lucre of villainy. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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