usure
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usure¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French usure (“usury”, noun). The change to a verb in English may be influenced by back-formation from usury. Piecewise doublet of etymology 2.
verb usures · usuring · usured
- To commit usury. I turn no moneys in the public bank; Nor usure private.
usure²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French usure (“wear from usage”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 1.
verb usures · usuring · usured
- To cause to degenerate through usage. The maternal tongue is irrevocably supplanted by a usured tongue, the language of the truck driver and of the maid in Andalusia.
noun usures
- The process by which a metaphor inexorably loses its freshness, power, and imagery through overuse. This movement involves a detour through metaphor: with the expropriation of the primitive meaning given to things, we fall into a metaphoric mode of understanding; in the course of human history and through the process of usure or wearing away of the figurative, and 'proper' meaning is restored; thi
- An instance of degredation due to use; A sign of wear and tear. If the cartilage is thick, there are fewer usures and less destruction of the bone.
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