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Webster 1913 Edition


Usure

U′sure

(?; 115)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Usured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Usuring
.]
[Cf. OF.
usurer
, LL.
usurare
.]
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

,
Noun.
[F.]
Usury.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
Foul
usure
and lucre of villainy.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Usure

U'SURE

,
Verb.
I.
s as z. To practice usury. [Not in use.]