different between usure vs unsure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French usure

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit usury.

Anagrams

• Eurus, UUers, eurus

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.zy?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Etymology 1

From Latin ?s?ra.

Noun

usure f (usually uncountable, plural usures)

1. (finance) usury

Related terms

• usuraire (adjective)
• usurier m, usurière f

Etymology 2

user +? -ure

Noun

usure f (uncountable)

1. wear and tear, wear

Derived terms

• guerre d'usure
• usure phonétique

Anagrams

• sueur

Further reading

• “usure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

usure f

1. plural of usura

Latin

Participle

?s?re

1. vocative masculine singular of ?s?rus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• usur, usere, user

Etymology

From Old French usure, from Latin ?s?ra.

Noun

usure (plural usures)

1. To lend money in order to make interest; usury.

   • foul vsure and lucre of vileynye Hateful to Crist.

2. Interest on a loan.
3. A loan.

Synonyms

• usurie

Related terms

• usurere

References

• “?s?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-31.

English

Etymology

un- +? sure

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)

Adjective

unsure (comparative unsurer, superlative unsurest)

1. uncertain

   I'm still unsure whether to attend the wedding.

2. unstable or precarious

   unsure footing

Synonyms

• agnostic (unsure of facts, having no decided opinion on a matter)

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