INCUR
\ɪnkˈɜː], \ɪnkˈɜː], \ɪ_n_k_ˈɜː]\
Definitions of INCUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
By Princeton University
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make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
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To pass; to enter.
By Oddity Software
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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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To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
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To pass; to enter.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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