HOW TO PRONOUNCE
incur
/ɪnˈkɝ/
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What does incur mean?
verb
- To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
- To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to.
More meanings (2)
verb
- (obsolete) To enter or pass into.
- (obsolete) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪnˈkɝ/
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It costs me less in every sense to incur the penalty of disobedience to the State, than it would to obey.
To see a sleigh in your dreams, foretells you will fail in some love adventure, and incur the displeasure of a friend.
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The original division of the force which makes such a method of action necessary, unless we incur a great loss of time.
Madam, if ’t please the queen to send the babe, I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant.
This may show us how dangerous a thing it is to incur the hostility of a city that is mistress of eloquence and song.