Usure

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Usure \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.
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           I usured not ne to me usured any man.    --Wyclif (Jer.
                                                    xv. 10).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Usure \U"sure\, n. [F.]
     Usury. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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           Foul usure and lucre of villainy.        --Chaucer.
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