1. A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or
action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment;
hindrance; check. Cowper.
2. (Law) A burden or charge upon property; a claim or lien upon an
estate, which may diminish its value.
In*cum"bran*cer (?), n. (Law) One who holds an incumbrance, or some
legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. Kent.
In*cum"brous (?), a. [Cf. OF. encombros.] Cumbersome; troublesome.
[Written also encombrous.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
||In`cu*nab"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Incunabula (#). [L. incunabula cradle,
||birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and Cunabula.] A work of art or of
||human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before
||a. d. 1500.
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In*cur" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurred (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Incurring (?).] [L. incurrere to run into or toward; pref. in- in +
currere to run. See Current.]
1. To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or
onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to
become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to
encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure,
penalty, responsibility, etc.