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incurred

[in-kur] Origin

in·cur

[in-kur]
verb (used with object), -curred, -cur·ring.
1.
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
2.
to become liable or subject to through one's own action; bring or take upon oneself: to incur his displeasure.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin incurrere to run into, come upon, equivalent to in- in-2 + currere to run; see current

in·cur·ra·ble, adjective
re·in·cur, verb (used with object), -curred, -cur·ring.
self-in·curred, adjective


2. arouse, incite, provoke.

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Incurred is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

incur
c.1430, from Anglo-Fr. encurir, from L. incurrere "run into or against," from in- "upon" + currere "to run" (see current).
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incurred
pp. adj. from incur.
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