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Usure vs Usurp - What's the difference?

usure | usurp |

As a noun usure

is .

As a verb usurp is

to seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

usure

English

Noun

    • Foul usure and lucre of villainy'' — Chaucer.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    usurp

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
  • To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
  • (obsolete) To make use of.
  • * 1662 , , Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 149:
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    Related terms

    * usurpation * usurper