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Meaning of USURE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \U"sure\ (?; 115), v. 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).
    
  2. \U"sure\, n. [F.]
    Usury. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
          Foul usure and lucre of villainy.        --Chaucer.
    
 
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