Definition of Inur
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
- To pass; to enter.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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