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encur

encur is the archaic form of incur.

Meaning of incur

Verb

incur (third-person singular simple present incurs, present participle incurring, simple past and past participle incurred)

  1. (transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
    • Near-synonym: contract (debts, etc.)
    Synonyms:
    contract
    1. (transitive) To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to.
      • Near-synonyms: entail, invoke
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To enter or pass into.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

Forms of encur

third-person singular presentencurs
present participleencurring
past participleencurred
pastencurred

Questions about encur

What is encur the archaic form of?
Encur is the archaic form of incur.

Words near encur in the dictionary

  1. encumbrous
  2. encunt
  3. encunted
  4. encunting
  5. encunts
  6. encur
  7. encurs
  8. encurse
  9. encursed
  10. encurses
  11. encursing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encur (page history and authors); incur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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