Obs. [ad. OF. usurer (13th c.), ad. med.L. ūsūrāre (whence Sp. and Pg. usurar), f. L. ūsūra: see prec.]
1. intr. To practise usury; to lend at interest. Also fig.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., II. 207. Þus God usuriþ for oure prow, for alle þingis … he ȝyveþ us for þis eende. Ibid. (1382), Prov. xix. 17. He vsureth to the Lord, that hath reuthe of the pore. Ibid., Jer. xv. 10.
1530. Palsgr., 769/2. If our charyte were utterly parfyte, ore christenned man shulde nat usure with an other.
2. trans. To lend (money) at a premium. rare–1.
1620. Brathwait, Five Senses, ii. 24. Oppresse I cannot, when I heare the Orphans teare…. Vse my money, but vsure it I will not.
