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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.]

Definition 2025

usure

usure

English

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To commit usury.

Noun

usure

  1. Obsolete form of usury.
    Foul usure and lucre of villainy — Chaucer.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y.zyʁ/

Etymology 1

From Latin ūsūra.

Noun

usure f ‎(usually uncountable, plural usures)

  1. (finance) usury
Related terms

Etymology 2

user +‎ -ure

Noun

usure f ‎(uncountable)

  1. wear and tear, wear
Derived terms
  • usure phonétique

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

usure f

  1. plural of usura

Latin

Participle

ūsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of ūsūrus

Etymology

French

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