ustulate 
UStulate (ns'tu-lat), a. [< L. iislnlatiix, pp. of 
iiHliilnrr, scorch, dim. of urcrc, burn.] Colored, 
or blackened, as if scorched or singed, 
ustulation (us-tu-ht'shon), w. [< nstulatr + 
-ion.'] 1. The act of burning or searing. 
Sind"ln" nnd validation such as rapid afflictions do 
cause. Sir W. Pell a, in Sprat's Hist. Royal Society, p. 297. 
[In the following quotation the word is used in a secondary 
sense, with special reference to 1 Cor. vii. 9. 
It is not certain that they took the better part when 
they chose ustulation before marriage, expressly against 
the apostle. Jer. Taulor, Rule of Conscience, iii. 4.) 
2f. In nietiil., the operation of expelling one sub- 
stance from another by heat, as sulphur and 
arsenic from ores in a muffle. Imp. Diet. 
3. In pliar. : () The roasting or drying of 
moist substances so as to prepare them for pul- 
verizing, (ft) The burning of wine, 
usual (ii'zho-al), a. and n. [< F. usuel = Sp. Pg. 
usual = It. usiia/c,< L. usualis, for use, fit for use, 
also of common use, customary, common, ordi- 
nary, usual, < *, use, habit, custom : see use 1 .] 
I. a. In common use; such as occurs in ordi- 
nary practice or in the general course of events ; 
customary; habitual; common; frequent; or- 
dinary. 
Necessity 
Taught us those arts not usual to our sex. 
Fletcher (and another), Sea Voyage, v. 4. 
Albeit it be not usual with me, chiefly in the absence of 
a husband, to admit any entrance to strangers. 
B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 1. 
I was told that it was not usual to pay a kaphar in car- 
avans. Pococke, Description of the East, II. 138. 
As usual, in such manner as is usual or common ; as often 
happens ; after the customary fashion. 
Want of money had, as usual, induced the King to con- 
voke his Parliament. Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
Usual predication. See predication. = Syn. Customary, 
etc. (see haliitual), general, wonted, prevalent, prevailing, 
accustomed. 
Il.t " That which is usual. 
The staffe of seuen verses hath seuen proportions, where- 
of one onely is the vsuall of our vulgar. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 72. 
usually (u'zho-al-i), adr. According to what is 
usual or customary; commonly; customarily; 
ordinarily, 
usualness (u'zho-al-nes), n. The state of being 
usual; commonness; frequency; customariness. 
USUCapient (u-zii-ka'pi-ent), n. One who has 
acquired, or claims to have acquired, by usu- 
caption. 
The burden of debts must in like manner have fallen on 
the usucapient or itsucapients in proportion to the shares 
they had taken of the deceased's property. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 692. 
usucapt (u'zu-kapt), r. To acquire by prescrip- 
tion or usucaption. 
Under the jus civile, on failure of agnates (and of the 
gens where there was one), the succession was vacant and 
fell to the fisc, unless perchance it was usucapted by a 
stranger possessing pro herede. Encyc. Brit,, XX. 702. 
USUCaptible (u-zu-kap'ti-bl), . [< L. usucap- 
tus, pp. of usucaperc, acquire by prescription : 
see usHcaption,] Capable of being acquired by 
possession, prescription, or usucaption. 
Any citizen occupying immovables or holding movables 
as his own, provided they were usucaptible and he had not 
taken them thef tuously, acquired a quiritary right in two 
years or one as the case might be, simply on the strength 
of his possession. Encyc. Brit., XX. 690. 
usucaption (u-zu-kap'shon), . [Cf. F. usuca- 
pion, < L. usucapio(n-), an acquisition by pos- 
session or prescription, < usucapere, pp. usu- 
captus, prop, two words, usu capere, acquire by 
prescription: usu, abl. of usus, use; capere, pp. 
eaptus, take: see*e and caption.] Incivillaw, 
the acquisition of the title or right to property 
by the uninterrupted and undisputed posses- 
sion of it for a certain term prescribed by law. 
It is nearly equivalent or correlative to the common-law 
prescription, but differs in that possession in good faith 
was required to constitute nsucaption, but need not be in 
good faith to constitute prescription. 
As the title here depends on possession, which is a mere 
fact, it is plainly reasonable that the law where the fact 
occurs should be applied in questions of usucaption or pre- 
scription, which is right growing out of a continued fact. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, ^ 71. 
USUdurian (u'zu-du'ri-an), n. [Prob. irreg. < 
L. nsus, use, + durus, hard, + -ian.~\ A pack- 
ing-material prepared from unyulcanized rub- 
ber combined with other materials. It is a non- 
conductor, and when exposed to the action of steam it 
becomes vulcanized, and is very durable. By the applica- 
tion of naphtha to two pieces of this packing, they are 
made to unite homogeneously under pressure, and a 
mass of any size or thickness is thus readily built up. 
E. If. Knight. 
usufruct (u'zu-frukt), n. [= F. usufruit = Pr. 
Hunfruff = Sp. Pg. usufructo = It. usufrutto, 
usofrutto, (. L. ususfructus (abl. usufructn), also, 
6676 
and orig., two words, uxux fnictus, iimix ?t fruc- 
tus, the use and enjoyment: usus, use; fructiis, 
enjoyment, fruit: see line* and fruit.] In lan\ 
the right of enjoying all. the advantages deriva- 
ble from the use of something which belongs 
to another so far as is compatible with the sub- 
stance of the thing not being destroyed or in- 
jured. Qiiasi-nxufruct was admitted in the civil law in 
the case ot certain perishable tilings. In these cases an 
equivalent in kind and quantity was admitted to represent 
the things destroyed or injured by use. (Amos.) Usufruct 
is often used as implying that the right is held for life, 
ns distinguished from more limited and from permanent 
rights. 
In the rich man's houses and pictures, his parks and 
gardens, I have a temporary usufruct at least. 
Lamb, Bachelor's Complaint. 
usufruct (u'zu-frukt), v. t. [< usufruct, n.] To 
hold in usufruct; subject to a right of enjoy- 
ment of its advantages by one while owned by 
another. 
The cautio usufructuaria that property umifnuted 
should revert unimpaired to the owner on the expiry of 
the usufructuary's life interest. Encyc. Brit., XX. 709. 
usufructuary (u-zu-fruk'tu-a-ri), . and n. [= 
F. usufruitier = Sp. Pg. usufructuario = It. usu- 
fruttuario, < LL. usufructuarius, one who has 
the use and profit of, but not the title to (a 
thing), < L. ususfructus, use and enjoyment: 
see usufruct.] I. a. Of or relating to usufruct; 
of the nature of a usufruct. Coleridge. 
II. n. ; pi. usufructuaries (-riz). A person 
who has the usufruct or use and enjoyment of 
property for a time without having the title. 
Ayliffe, Parergon. 
I have been ever your man, and counted myself but an 
usufructuary of myself, the property being yours. 
Bacon, Letter, March 25, 1621. 
usurarioust (u-zu-ra'ri-us), a. [< L. usurarius, 
of usury: see usurary.] Usurious. Jer. Taylor, 
Rule of Conscience, i. 5. 
USuraryt (u'zu-ra-ri), a. [= F. usuraire = Pr. 
usttrari = Sp. Pg. It. usurario, < L. usurarius, 
of or pertaining to interest or usury, < usura, 
usury: see usure, usury.'} Usurious. Bp. Hall, 
Works, VII. 373. 
usuret (u'zur), n. [< ME. usure, < OF. (and F.) 
usure = i?p. Pg. It. itsura, < L. usura, use, em- 
ployment, interest, < uti, pp. usus. use: see 
use*.] Interest; usury. Chancer, Friar's Tale, 
1.9. 
What is mare., but venyme of patrymonye, and a law- 
fulle thefe that tellyth ys entent? 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 32. 
usuret (u'zur), r. i. [< usure, n."] To practise 
usury. 
I turn no monies in the public bank, 
Nor usure private. B. Joneon, Volpone, i. 1. 
usurer (u'zu-rer), . [< ME. usurer, < OF. 
(also F.) usuricr = Sp. usurero= Pg. usureiro 
= It. usuriere, < ML. nsurarins, a usurer, < L. 
usurarius, pertaining to use or interest, < usura, 
use, interest : see usure, usury.'] If. One who 
lent money and took interest for it. 
The seconde buffet be-tokeneth the riche vserer that de- 
liteth in his richesse and goth s[c]ornynge his pore nyghe- 
bonrs that be nedy whan the! come to hym ought for to 
borough. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 434. 
Henry, duke of Guise, . . . was the greatest usurer in 
France, because he had turned all his estate into obliga- 
tions. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 87. 
2. One who lends money at an exorbitant rate 
of interest; a money-lender who exacts exces- 
sive or inordinate interest. See usury. 
usuringt (u'zu-ring), a. [< nsurc + -ing 2 .] 
Practising usury ; usurious. 
I do not love the usuriny Jew so well. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night-Walker, iv. 6. 
usurious (u-zu'ri-us), a. [< usury + -ous.] 1. 
Practising usury: specifically, taking exorbi- 
tant interest for the use of money. 
Plead not : usurious nature will have all, 
As well the int'rest as the principal. 
Quarles, Emblems, iii. 15. 
2. Pertaining to or of the nature of usury ; ac- 
quired by usury. 
Enemies to interest, . . . holding any increase of money 
to be indefensibly usurious. Blackstone, Com., II. 30. 
USUriously (u-zu'ri-us-li), adr. In a usurious 
manner. 
usuriousness (u-zu'ri-us-nes), n. The charac- 
ter of being usurious. 
usuroust, ". Same as usurious. B. Jonson, 
Every Man out of his Humour, v. 4. 
usurp (u-zerp'), '. [< F. usurper = Sp. Pg. itsur- 
par = It. usurpare, < L. usurparc, make use of, 
use, assume, take possession of, usurp, perhaps 
orig. usu rapere, seize to (one's own) use : usu, 
abl. of usus, use; rapere, seize: see usel and 
usurpingly 
rap 2 .] I. tranx. 1. To seize and hold posses- 
sion of, as of some important or dignified place, 
office, power, or property, by force or without, 
right; seize, appropriate, or assume illegally or 
wrongfully : as, to usurp a throne ; to usurp the 
prerogatives of the crown ; to usurp power. 
That hellish monster, damnd hypocrisie, . . . 
Vsurps my place <fe titles soveraigntie. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 140. 
Thou dost here usurp 
The name thou owest not. 
Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 453. 
White is there usurped for her brow. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. 
Trade's unfeeling train 
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. 
Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 64. 
2. To assume, in a wider sense; put on; some- 
times, to counterfeit. 
0, if in black my lady's brows be deck'd, 
It mourns that painting and uxurpiny hair 
Should ravish doters with a false aspect. 
Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. 259. 
II. intrans. To be or act as a usurper; hence, 
to commit illegal seizure; encroach: with on 
or upon. 
Y e Fequents . . . usurped upon them, and drive them 
from thence. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 311. 
This tendency in political journals to usurp upon the 
practice of books, and to mould the style of writers. 
De Quince;/, Style, i. 
USUrpantt (u-zer'pant), a. [< L. usi<rpan(t-)s, 
ppr. of usurpare, usurp : see usurp.] Inclined or 
apt to usurp; guilty of usurping ; encroaching. 
Sp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 473. 
usurpation (u-zer-pa'shon), w. [< F. usurpation 
= Sp. usurpacion = Pg. iisurpaqao = It. iisurpa- 
zione, <. L. usurpatio(n-), a using, an appropria- 
tion, < usurpare, use, usurp: see usurp.] 1. 
The act of usurping; the act of seizing or occu- 
pying and enjoying the place, power, functions, 
or property of another without right; especially, 
the wrongful occupation of a throne: as, the 
usurpation of supreme power. 
The untrpation 
Of thy unnatural uncle, English John. 
Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 9. 
The Parlament therefore without any usurjiatjon hath 
had it alwaies in thir power to limit and confine theexor- 
bitancie of Kings. Milton, Eikonoklnstes, xi. 
2. In law : (a) Intrusion into an office or as- 
sumption of a franchise, whether on account of 
vacancy or by ousting the incumbent, without 
any color of title. (6) Such intrusion or as- 
sumption without lawful title, (c) The abso- 
lute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a 
church by presenting a clerk to a vacant bene- 
fice, who is thereupon admitted and instituted ; 
intrusion. 3f. Use; usage. [A Latinism.] 
There can be no kind of certainty in any such observa- 
tions of the articles, because the Greeks promiscuously of- 
ten use them or omit them, without any reason of their 
usurpation or omission. 
Bp. Pearson, Exposition of the Creed, ii. 
USUrpatory (u-zer'pa-to-ri), a. [< LL. usurpa- 
torius, of or pertaining to a usurper, < usurpator, 
a usurper. < L. usurpare, pp. usnrpatiis, usurp: 
see usurp.] Characterized or marked by usur- 
pation ; usurping. 
USUrpatrix (u'zer-pa-triks), n. [= F. usurpa- 
trice, < LL. usurpatrix, fern, of usurpator, a 
usurper: see usurpatory.] A woman who 
usurps. Cotgrave. 
usurpature (u-zer'pa-tur), 11. [< L. usurpare, 
pp. usurpattis, usiirp, + -lire.] The act of 
usurping; usurpation. [Rare.] 
Thus, lit and launched, up and up roared and soared 
A rocket, till the key o' the vault was reached, 
And wide heaven held, a breathless minute-space, 
In brilliant usurpature. 
Brou-ning, Ring and Book, II. 306. 
usurpedly (u-zer'ped-li), adr. By an act or 
acts of usurpation ; in a manner characterized 
by usurpation. [Rare.] 
They temerariously and usurpedly take on themselves 
to be parcel of the body. Hnllam, Const. Hist, III. 
Usurper (u-zer'per), n. [< usurp + -rr 1 .] One 
who usurps; one who seizes power or property 
without right: as, the -usurper of a throne, of 
power, or of the rights of a patron. 
Thou false ttnrper of Gods regal throne. 
Tunes' Whistk (E. E. T. S.), p. 35. 
Sole heir to the usurper Capet Shak., Hen.V., i. 2. 78. 
usurping (u-zer'ping), p. a. Characterized by 
usurpation . 
The worst of tyrants an usurping crowd. Pope. 
usurpingly (u-zer'ping~li), adr. In a usurping 
manner; by usurpation; without just right or 
claim. Shal:, K. John, i. 1. 13. 
