different between usure vs usurp

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

From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ?s?rp?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju?s?p/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju??z??p/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p

Verb

usurp (third-person singular simple present usurps, present participle usurping, simple past and past participle usurped)

1. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
2. To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
3. To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
4. (obsolete) To make use of.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 149:

     " […] especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses […] "

Related terms

• usurpation
• usurper

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