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Definitions of incur
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Incurring.
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Incurred.
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make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; " People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
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To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
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To become liable to, by one's own action; to bring upon oneself; contract, as a debt.
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To bring upon oneself, as an injury.
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To become liable to: to bring on:- pr. p. incurring; pa. p. incurred.
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To become liable or subject to; to contract, as a debt.
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To become liable to.
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To become liable to; to bring on.
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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"
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To pass; to enter.
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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.
Quotes of incur
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Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture.
– Giraldus Cambrensis -
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.
– Frederick Douglass -
If in my fight I can encourage even some people to understand and to abandon policies they now so blindly follow, I shall not regret any punishment I may incur
– Bram Fischer -
Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.
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Everytime I go to Vegas, I seem to incur some kind of fine.
– Artie Lange -
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
– Robert E. Lee
Usage examples for incur
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“ He was a murderer and a brigand and a slaver, but he would never incur the scorn of men and the curse of the gods by dealing foully with a guest. ”
– Time Crime by H. Beam Piper -
“ Do I not know that it is for me you incur them? ”
– Cinq Mars, Complete by Alfred de Vigny Last Updated: March 3, 2009 -
“ He struck her, inevitably, as gallant and splendid, but what took her most of all and gave her the courage she afterward showed was that he put the whole thing to her as a kind of favor, an obligation he should gratefully incur ”
– The Turn of the Screw by Henry James -
“ If for a second time you abandon her, you will incur the increased indignation of the public. ”
– The Italians by Frances Elliot -
“ I have escaped a peril; I have no wish to incur another of the same sort. ”
– The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever -
“ But beyond question this Hebrew of Hebrews remembered, as he wrote, that one of his race could incur lifelong subjection only by a voluntary wound, endured because he loved his master, such as he had received for love of Jesus. ”
– The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by G. A. Chadwick -
“ To send the hunters out again was but to incur the futile loss of life and thus weaken the garrison. ”
– The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Charles Egbert Craddock -
“ They fear to incur the responsibility of marriage when they see the pecuniary requirements it involves. ”
– The Cost of Shelter by Ellen H. Richards -
“ He returned to the canoe and took out the rifle which he had captured; his bow and, arrows were not left within the boat, for he valued them too highly to incur such risk; they were hidden where he knew no one could possibly steal them away from him. ”
– The Lost Trail by Edward S. Ellis -
“ I know no earthly consideration, excepting clear obligations of duty or honor, that would have persuaded me to incur ten more prison days. ”
– Border and Bastille by George A. Lawrence -
“ But he does incur liability whenever he fails to exercise such care as is fairly needful to protect others against the hazard in buying and using them. ”
– Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles -
“ Elections are expensive for the candidate, and it is not always easy to find a man who is ready to incur the needful cost and trouble, especially when the chance of success is not large. ”
– The Government of England (Vol. I) by A. Lawrence Lowell -
“ On the other hand, Volterra was not only rich, he also possessed much power, and it would be somewhat dangerous to incur his displeasure. ”
– The Heart of Rome by Francis Marion Crawford -
“ Con will never forgive me if you catch a cold, and I would not incur his blame. ”
– The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith -
“ As he thought of the plot it seemed to be wonderful to him that she should be willing to incur such a danger,- to be ready without a penny to marry a penniless man,- till he confessed to himself that, were she to do so, she would certainly have the money sooner or later. ”
– Ayala's Angel by Anthony Trollope -
“ Thus Ephraim might, on his account, incur the peril of losing the one fortunate moment which promised escape. ”
– The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers -
“ When a few people, animated by the same sentiments, are drawn together by one motive, and incur the same dangers, it matters little whether they use a form of worship or not. ”
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“ He took the lad Tom into his confidence at once, intending, of course, that the poor boy should, if he were willing to incur the risk, go with him and Walford, and share with them at least the chance of freedom; and so, from the very first day of their thraldom, there were two keen, intelligent brains incessantly at work, diligently clearing the way to recovered liberty. ”
– The Voyage of the Aurora by Harry Collingwood -
“ With the exception of Turgenev's quiet but profound pessimism, his temperament was very similar to that of the great German- such a man will surely incur the hatred of the true Reformer type. ”
– Essays on Russian Novelists by William Lyon Phelps -
“ Ethel hastened out into the grounds in search of her brother and sisters, for she had been feeling anxious about them, lest, without her care and oversight, they should get into mischief, or in some way incur the displeasure of Mrs. Coote. ”
– Mildred's New Daughter by Martha Finley
Rhymes for incur
- bir, birr, blur, bur, burr, cur, demur, der, deter, durr, err, fer, fir, fleur, fur, furr, hur, infer, inter, ker, kerr, liqueur, mer, monsieur, murr, myrrh, nurre, occur, pere, prefer, pur, purr, recur, refer, sher, shir, shirr, shur, sir, slur, spur, stir, sur, thur, transfer, ur, we're, were, whirr;
- abjure, adjure, chauffeur, concur, confer, defer;
- connoisseur, reoccur, saboteur;
- entrepreneur, restaurateur;