Definition of incur

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Incur (v. t.) 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..

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Losing :: Losing (v. t.) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business..
Incurred :: Incurred (imp. & p. p.) of Incu.
Incuriousness :: Incuriousness (n.) Unconcernedness; incuriosity.
Saving :: Saving (a.) Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..
Incurable :: Incurable (n.) A person diseased beyond cure.
Coelospermous :: Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed..
Realizing :: Realizing (a.) Serving to make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the danger incurred..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard..
Tender :: Tender (n.) An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest..
Incurved :: Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals..
Decursion :: Decursion (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion..
Incuriosity :: Incuriosity (n.) Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference.
Reincur :: Reincur (v. t.) To incur again.
Shame :: Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Incurable :: Incurable (a.) Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease..
Hard Grass :: Hard grass () A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived..
Contract :: Contract (n.) To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease..
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