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Usager (?), n. [F. usager.] One who has the use of anything in trust for another. [Obs.] Daniel.
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Usance (?), n. [F. See , v. t.]
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1. Use; usage; employment. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. Custom; practice; usage. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
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3. Interest paid for money; usury. [Obs.] Shak.
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4. (Com.) The time, fixed variously by the usage between different countries, when a bill of exchange is payable; as, a bill drawn on London at one usance, or at double usance.
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Usant (?), a. [OF.] Using; accustomed. [Obs.] “Usant for to steal.” Chaucer.
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{ Usbegs (?), Usbeks (?), } n. pl. (Ethnol.) A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan. [Written also Uzbecks, and Uzbeks.]
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Use (?), n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See , v. t.]
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1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
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Books can never teach the use of books. Bacon.
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This Davy serves you for good uses. Shak.
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When he framed
All things to man's delightful use. Milton.
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2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book. Shak.
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3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
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God made two great lights, great for their use
To man. Milton.
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'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. Pope.
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4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
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Let later age that noble use envy. Spenser.
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How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world! Shak.
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5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.]
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O Cæsar! these things are beyond all use. Shak.
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6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
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From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. Pref. to Book of Common Prayer.
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7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.]
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Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him. Jer. Taylor.
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8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. .] (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
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9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
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Coloq. Contingent use , or Coloq. Springing use (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. -- Coloq. In use . (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. J. H. Walsh. -- Coloq. Of no use , useless; of no advantage. -- Coloq. Of use , useful; of advantage; profitable. -- Coloq. Out of use , not in employment. -- Coloq. Resulting use (Law), a use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration. -- Coloq. Secondary use , or Coloq. Shifting use , a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. Blackstone. -- Coloq. Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. -- Coloq. To make use of , Coloq. To put to use , to employ; to derive service from; to use.
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Use (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Used (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Using.] [OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. .]
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1. To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
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Launcelot Gobbo, use your legs. Shak.
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Some other means I have which may be used. Milton.
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2. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly. “I will use him well.” Shak.
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How wouldst thou use me now? Milton.
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Cato has used me ill. Addison.
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3. To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
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Use hospitality one to another. 1 Pet. iv. 9.
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4. To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
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I am so used in the fire to blow. Chaucer.
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Thou with thy compeers,
Used to the yoke, draw'st his triumphant wheels. Milton.
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Coloq. To use one's self , to behave. [Obs.] “Pray, forgive me, if I have used myself unmannerly.” Shak. -- Coloq. To use up . (a) To consume or exhaust by using; to leave nothing of; as, to use up the supplies. (b) To exhaust; to tire out; to leave no capacity of force or use in; to overthrow; as, he was used up by fatigue. [Colloq.]
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Syn. -- Employ. -- , . We use a thing, or make use of it, when we derive from it some enjoyment or service. We employ it when we turn that service into a particular channel. We use words to express our general meaning; we employ certain technical terms in reference to a given subject. To make use of, implies passivity in the thing; as, to make use of a pen; and hence there is often a material difference between the two words when applied to persons. To speak of “making use of another” generally implies a degrading idea, as if we had used him as a tool; while employ has no such sense. A confidential friend is employed to negotiate; an inferior agent is made use of on an intrigue.
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I would, my son, that thou wouldst use the power
Which thy discretion gives thee, to control
And manage all. Cowper.
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To study nature will thy time employ:
Knowledge and innocence are perfect joy. Dryden.
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Use (?), v. i. 1. To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between “use to,” and “used to.”
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They use to place him that shall be their captain on a stone. Spenser.
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Fears use to be represented in an imaginary. Bacon.
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Thus we use to say, it is the room that smokes, when indeed it is the fire in the room. South.
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Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp. Ex. xxxiii. 7 (Rev. Ver.)
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2. To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of. [Obs.] “Where never foot did use.” Spenser.
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He useth every day to a merchant's house. B. Jonson.
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Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use
Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. Milton.
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Useful (?), a. Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.
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To what can I useful! Milton.
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Usefully, adv. In a useful manner.
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Usefulness, n. The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage. Addison.
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Syn. -- Utility; value; profit. See .
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Useless, a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.
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Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous. Milton.
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Syn. -- Fruitless; ineffectual. -- , , . We speak of an attempt, effort, etc., as being useless when there are in it inherent difficulties which forbid the hope of success, as fruitless when it fails, not from any such difficulties, but from some unexpected hindrance arising to frustrate it; as, the design was rendered fruitless by the death of its projector. Ineffectual nearly resembles fruitless, but implies a failure of a less hopeless character; as, after several ineffectual efforts, I at last succeeded.
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Useless are all words
Till you have writ “performance” with your swords.
The other is for waiving. Beau. & Fl.
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Waiving all searches into antiquity, in relation to this controversy, as being either needless or fruitless. Waterland.
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Even our blessed Savior's preaching, who spake as never man spake, was ineffectual to many. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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-- Uselessly, adv. -- Uselessness, n.
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User (?), n. 1. One who uses. Shak.
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2. (Law) Enjoyment of property; use. Mozley & W.
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U-shaped (?), a. Having the form of the letter U; specif. (Phys. Geog.), of valleys, resembling a broad U in cross profile.
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Usher (?), n. [OE. ussher, uschere, OF. ussier, uisser, oissier, hussier, huissier, fr. L. ostiarius a doorkeeper, fr. ostium a door, entrance, fr. os mouth. See , and cf. .]
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1. An officer or servant who has the care of the door of a court, hall, chamber, or the like; hence, an officer whose business it is to introduce strangers, or to walk before a person of rank. Also, one who escorts persons to seats in a church, theater, etc. “The ushers and the squires.” Chaucer.
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These are the ushers of Marcius. Shak.
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☞ There are various officers of this kind attached to the royal household in England, including the gentleman usher of the black rod, who attends in the House of Peers during the sessions of Parliament, and twelve or more gentlemen ushers. See .
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2. An under teacher, or assistant master, in a school.
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Usher, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ushered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ushering.] To introduce or escort, as an usher, forerunner, or harbinger; to forerun; -- sometimes followed by in or forth; as, to usher in a stranger; to usher forth the guests; to usher a visitor into the room.
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The stars that usher evening rose. Milton.
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The Examiner was ushered into the world by a letter, setting forth the great genius of the author. Addison.
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Usherance (?), n. The act of ushering, or the state of being ushered in. [Obs.] Shaftesbury.
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Usherdom (?), n. The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively. [R.]
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Usherless, a. Destitute of an usher. Marston.
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Ushership, n. The office of an usher; usherdom.
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Usitative (?), a. [L. usitari to use often.] Denoting usual or customary action. “The usitative aorist.” Alford.
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Usnea (?), n. [NL., from Ar. usnah moss.] (Bot.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
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Usnic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid obtained, as a yellow crystalline substance, from certain genera of lichens (Usnea, Parmelia, etc.).
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Usquebaugh (?), n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge beatha, literally, water of life; uisge water + beatha life; akin to Gr. bios life. See , a., and cf. .]
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1. A compound distilled spirit made in Ireland and Scotland; whisky.
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The Scottish returns being vested in grouse, white hares, pickled salmon, and usquebaugh. Sir W. Scott.
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2. A liquor compounded of brandy, or other strong spirit, raisins, cinnamon and other spices. Brande & C.
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Usself (?), n. pl. Ourselves. [Obs.] Wyclif. Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
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Ustion (?), n. [L. ustio, fr. urere, ustum, to burn: cf. F. ustion.] The act of burning, or the state of being burned. [R.] Johnson.
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Ustorious (?), a. [L. urere, ustum, to burn.] Having the quality of burning. [R.] I. Watts.
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Ustulate (?), a. [L. ustulatus, p. p. of ustulare to scorch, urere to burn.] Blackened as if burned.
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Ustulation (?), n. [Cf. F. ustulation.]
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1. The act of burning or searing. [R.] Sir W. Petty.
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2. (Old Chem.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.
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3. (Pharm.) (a) The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing. (b) The burning of wine.
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4. Lascivious passion; concupiscence. [Obs.]
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It is not certain that they took the better part when they chose ustulation before marriage, expressly against the apostle. Jer. Taylor.
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Usual (?), a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See , n.] Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
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Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. Hooker.
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We can make friends of these usual enemies. Baxter.
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-- Usually, adv. -- Usualness, n.
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Usucaption (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
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Usufruct (?; 277), n. [L. usufructus, ususfructus, usus et fructus; usus use + fructus fruit.] (Law) The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. Burrill.
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Usufructuary (?), n. [L. usufructuarius.] (Law) A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it. Wharton.
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Usufructuary, a. (Law) Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.
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The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church, as the usufructuary property of all its members. Coleridge.
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{ Usurarious (?), Usurary (?), } a. [L. usurarius that serves for use, that pays interest. See .] Usurious. [Obs.] “Usurarious contracts.” Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall.
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Usure (?; 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.
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I usured not ne to me usured any man. Wyclif (Jer. xv. 10).
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Usure (?), n. [F.] Usury. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Foul usure and lucre of villainy. Chaucer.
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Usurer (?), n. [F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See , and cf. .]
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1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender. [Obs.]
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If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Ex. xxii. 25.
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2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
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He was wont to call me usurer. Shak.
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Usurious (?; 277), a. [From .]
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1. Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
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2. Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a usurious contract.
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-- Usuriously, adv. -- Usuriousness, n.
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Usurp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Usurped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Usurping.] [L. usurpare, usurpatum, to make use of, enjoy, get possession of, usurp; the first part of usurpare is akin to usus use (see , n.): cf. F. usurper.] To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.
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Alack, thou dost usurp authority. Shak.
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Another revolution, to get rid of this illegitimate and usurped government, would of course be perfectly justifiable. Burke.
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☞ Usurp is applied to seizure and use of office, functions, powers, rights, etc.; it is not applied to common dispossession of private property.
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Syn. -- To arrogate; assume; appropriate.
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Usurp, v. i. To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper.
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The parish churches on which the Presbyterians and fanatics had usurped. Evelyn.
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And now the Spirits of the Mind
Are busy with poor Peter Bell;
Upon the rights of visual sense
Usurping, with a prevalence
More terrible than magic spell. Wordsworth.
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Usurpant (?), a. [L. usurpans, p. pr.] Usurping; encroaching. [Obs.] Gauden.
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Usurpation (?), n. [L. usurpatio � making use, usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
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1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power.
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