Dictionary Entry
To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to
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any incur. incurcosts incurliability incur
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Poetry examples for “incur”
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Read full poem →Expectancy, however high,
Whilst you would happily incur
Compulsion to keep up with her.
Read full poem →set a high value,[c]--that in this fictitious character, "Childe
Harold," I may incur the suspicion of having intended some real
personage: this I beg leave, once for all, to disclaim--Harold is the