Definitions for incur
ɪnˈkɜrin·cur

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incurverb

   make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to

   "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

2. receive, get, find, obtain, incurverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. incurverb

   To bring upon or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

2. incurverb

   To render somebody liable or subject to.

3. incurverb

   To enter or pass into.

4. incurverb

   To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To INCURverb

   To become liable to a punishment or reprehension.

   Etymology: incurro, Latin.

   I have incurred displeasure from inferiours for giving way to the faults of others. John Hayward.

   They, not obeying,
   Incurr'd, what could they less? the penalty;
   And manifold in sin, deserv'd to fall. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   So judge thou still, presumptuous! 'till the wrath,
   Which thou incurr'st by flying, meet thy flight
   Sev'nfold, and scourge that wisdom back to hell. John Milton.

   They had a full persuasive that not to do it were to desert God, and consequently to incur damnation. South.

   2. To occur; to press on the senses.

   The motions of the minute parts of bodies are invisible, and incur not to the eye; but yet they are to be deprehended by experience. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The mind of man, even in spirituals, acts with corporeal dependance; and so is he helped or hindered in its operations, according to the different quality of external objects that incur into the senses. Robert South, Sermons.

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1. incur

   To incur generally means to experience or become subject to something negative or unpleasant as a result of one's own actions or behavior. It can also mean to acquire or bring something upon oneself, often in a formal or legal context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incurverb

   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

2. Incurverb

   to render liable or subject to; to occasion

3. Incurverb

   to pass; to enter

4. Etymology: [L. incurrere to run into or toward; pref. in- in + currere to run. See Current.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Incur

   in-kur′, v.t. to become liable to: to bring on:—pr.p. incur′ring; pa.p. incurred′. [L. incurrĕre, incursum—in, into, currĕre, to run.]

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1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'incur' in Verbs Frequency: #791

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1. runic

2. Runic

3. curin

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of incur in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of incur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of incur in a Sentence

1. Mike Lee:

   Unvaccinated Americans aren’t the enemy, we should not be forcing employers to fire some of their valuable, and now hard to find, workers. We shouldn’t be threatening business owners with closure who do not wish to police their workforce’s decisions. Many simply cannot incur the cost of this enforcement in this economy.

2. Frederick Douglas:

   I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

3. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.

4. Ron DeSantis:

   If it gets to the point where they're trying to enforce, you know, my view would be, don't comply, and we would support the legislature taking some of the stimulus money and using it to pay off the fines the businesses incur for not complying.

5. Virginia Canter:

   It's hard to say if you're a clear winner or not just depending whether you come into the government, whether your selling would actually incur capital gains, whether it will allow you to diversity a portfolio of holdings that would otherwise be very concentrated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=incur
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Incur
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=incur
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incur
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=incur