FENERATEVERB
to put money to usury; to lend money at interest ...1623 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin fænerat- ppl. stem of fænerare to lend money out upon use or at interest from fæner- variant of fænor-, fænus interest FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1623 - Fænerate, to put money to vsurie From: The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words By: Henry Cockeram, 1623 EXAMPLE "...Thou shalt not fenerate to thy brother money, nor corn, nor any other thing ..." From: The Summa Theologica By: Thomas Aquinas (1265-1274) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province, 1911 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955
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