Meaning of INCUR
Pronunciation: | | in'kur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [v] receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
- [v] make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
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| Synonyms: | | find, get, obtain, receive |
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| See Also: | | change, run, subject, take | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In*cur"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Incurring}.] [L. incurrere to run into or toward; pref. in-
in + currere to run. See {Current}.]
1. To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient,
harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to
expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to
bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as,
to incur debt, danger, displeasure? penalty,
responsibility, etc.
I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no
warrant. --Shak.
2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]
Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than
you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
--Chapman.
\In*cur"\, v. i.
To pass; to enter. [Obs.]
Light is discerned by itself because by itself it
incurs into the eye. --South.
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| Related Terms: | | acquire, arouse, attract, be responsible for, bring down, bring on, bring upon, contract, draw, fall in with, fall into, gain, get, induce, invite, provoke, run, welcome |
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