U*surp"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. usurpatorius.] Marked by usurpation;
usurping. [R.]
U*surp"a*ture (?), n. Usurpation. [R.] "Beneath man's usurpature." R.
Browning.
U*surp"er (?), n. One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally
on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the
rights of a patron.
A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if their
power serves them, to possess it.
South.
U*surp"ing*ly, adv. In a usurping manner.
U"su*ry (?), n. [OE. usurie, usure, F. usure, L. usura use, usury,
interest, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use. See Use, v. t.]
1. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as
of money; interest. [Obs. or Archaic]
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of
victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.
Deut. xxiii. 19.
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchanges, and then
at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Matt. xxv. 27.
What he borrows from the ancients, he repays with usury of &?;&?;is
own.
Dryden.