fenerate

English

Etymology

From Latin feneratus, past participle of faenero, fenero (“I lend on interest”), from faenus (“interest”).

Verb

fenerate (third-person singular simple present fenerates, present participle fenerating, simple past and past participle fenerated)

  1. (obsolete) To put money to usury; to lend on interest.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fenerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

fenerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of fenerō
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