单词 | with usury |
释义 | > as lemmaswith usury b. figurative and in figurative context. Frequently with usury. ΚΠ 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. i. f. ii That you may waxe riche in the encreasing vsury of good workes, more and more. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. viii. sig. Hv Behold what ye this day haue done for mee, And what I cannot quite, requite with vsuree. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. A3v Of good passed newly to discus, By dubble vsurie doth twise renew it. 1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei Haste therefore,..and call, Away: The gentle Night is prest to pay The vsurie of long Delights, She owes to these protracted Rites. 1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 66 What is it then..which they may not have with usury and advantage in a body of purer Consistence? 1695 Pepys in Academy (1890) 9 Aug. 111/1 I repay you with usury yor kinde Wishes. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 342 The motive of taking Siga has been accomplish'd with usury. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 48. ⁋10 [He] must not only pay back the hours but pay them back with usury. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 117 Learning paid back what it received..with usury . View more context for this quotation 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 55 They have three words:—well tyrants know their use, Well pay them for the loan, with usury. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xlix, in Poems (new ed.) II. 76 I would have paid her kiss for kiss With usury thereto. < as lemmas |
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