The Collaborative International Dictionary
Usure
Usure \U"sure\, n. [F.]
Usury. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
Foul usure and lucre of villainy.
--Chaucer.
Usure
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.
I usured not ne to me usured any man.
--Wyclif (Jer.
xv. 10).
Wiktionary
usure
n. (obsolete form of usury English)
Usage examples of "usure".
There was in Asia, in a great city, Amonges Christian folk, a Jewery, Sustained by a lord of that country, For foul usure, and lucre of villainy, Hateful to Christ, and to his company.