usure Meaning, Definition & Usage

U"sure intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. OF. usurer, LL. usurare.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Usured ; present participle & verbal noun Usuring
Definitions
  1. 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
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. Usury. Obs. Wyclif.
    Foul usure and lucre of villainy. Chaucer.

Webster 1913