wuchern.
to practise usury; to usure
Meaning & usage
to practise usury; to usure
to make profitable use (usually in a non-financial sense)
to overgrow
to develop metastases
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German wuochern, from Old High German wuohharōn, derived from wuohhar (“harvest, revenue”), whence modern German Wucher (“usury”). Compare Dutch woekeren (“to practise usury; to overgrow”).
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