flowing in; esp., characterized by the flowing in of water: the incurrent canals of a sponge
Origin of incurrent
Classical Latin incurrens, present participle of incurrere: see incurincurrent
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incurrent
adjective
Affording passage to an inflowing current.
Origin of incurrent
Latin incurrēns incurrent- present participle of incurrere to run upon ; see incur .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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From Latin incurrēns (stem incurrēnt-), present active participle of incurrō (“run into, towards or upon”) (whence also incur), from in + currō (“run”).
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