*incur*

v. i. To pass; to enter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incurabilité incurability, LL. incurabilitas negligence. ] The state of being incurable; irremediableness. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person diseased beyond cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. incurable, L. incurabilis. See In- not, and Curable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

A scirrhus is not absolutely incurable. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rancorous and incurable hostility. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance. Sir J. Stephen.

Syn. -- Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being incurable; incurability. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. “Incurably diseased.” Bp. Hall. “Incurably wicked.” Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incuriositas: cf. F. incurosité. ] Lack of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incuriosus: cf. F. incurieux. See In- not, and Curious. ] Not curious or inquisitive; without care for or interest in; inattentive; careless; negligent; heedless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carelessnesses and incurious deportments toward their children. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an curious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unconcernedness; incuriosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sordid incuriousness and slovenly neglect. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Incur. ] The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incurrens, p. pr. incurere, incursum, to run in; in- + currere to run. ] (Zool.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incursio: cf. F. incursion. See Incur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Scythian, whose incursions wild
Have wasted Sogdiana. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs of the Roman Empire. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attack; occurrence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sins of daily incursion. South.

Syn. -- Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset; irruption. See Invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To curtain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incurvatus, p. p. of incurvare to crook; pref. in- in + curvus bent. See Curve, and cf. Incurve. ] Curved; bent; crooked. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incurvated p. pr. & vb. n. Incurvating. ] To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incurvatio: cf. F. incurvation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of bending, or curving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being bent or curved; curvature. [ 1913 Webster ]

An incurvation of the rays. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. “The incurvations of the knee.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incurved p. pr. & vb. n. Incurving. ] [ See Incurvate. ] To bend; to curve; to make crooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + curved. ] (Bot.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. incurvus bent. See Incurvate. ] A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]