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To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.

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  1. v. i. To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest.
  2. n. Usury.
  3. 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). Usury. [Obs.] Wyclif. Foul usure and lucre of villainy. Chaucer.
  4. To practice usury; to charge unlawful interest. [Obs.] "Theusuringb senate." Shak.I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).