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incur

verb
/ɪnˈkɜː/UK/ɪnˈkɝ/US

Etymology

From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere.

  1. derived from incurrere
  2. derived from encorre
  3. derived from encourir
  4. derived from encurir
  5. inherited from incurren

Definitions

  1. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful,…

    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.)
    • Cruelty incurs calamity.

  2. To enter or pass into.

  3. To fall within a period or scope

    To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

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Derived

incurrable, nonincurred, reincur

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at incur. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at incur. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at incur

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA