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Definition of Incur
1. Verb. Make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to. "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
Specialized synonyms: Run
Derivative terms: Incurrence, Incurring, Incursion
2. Verb. Receive a specified treatment (abstract). "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Take
Related verbs: Acquire, Get
Definition of Incur
1. 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.
2. v. i. To pass; to enter.
Definition of Incur
1. Verb. To bring upon or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to. ¹
2. Verb. (chiefly legal) To render somebody liable or subject to. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To enter or pass into. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incur
1. to bring upon oneself [v -CURRED, -CURRING, -CURS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incur
Literary usage of Incur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Law of Partnership: Including a Full Consideration of Joint ...by Scott Rowley by Scott Rowley (1916)
"Power to incur firm debt.—Under present business conditions it is practically
impossible to conduct business upon a cash basis, and consequently it is ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"is so patent that a reasonably prudent man would not incur it. [Ed. Note.—For
other cases, see Master and Servant, Cent Dig. §§ 638-647; Dec. Dig. § 3. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... beyond 12 days or elect any other person than the one named in the letter, or
do anything else in contravention of the act, they incur the penalties of ..."
4. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"Further account of our journey—Description of an idol ; which we destroy —Great
danger we incur thereby—Account of our travels through Muscovy. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Steuart Macnaghten, Alexander Gordon, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham, Thomas Wilde Truro (1850)
"... with his own interest, and that at an expense far less than he will incur if
he continue the ruinous system in which he appears to have been involved. ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... appeared to them sincere in their professions, and blameless in their manners,
however they might incur, by their absurd and excessive superstition, ..."
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