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Epicurean. [Obs.]

The doctrines of Epicurus.

To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.

A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid.

To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] Harvey.

Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.

To journey or pass thought. [R.]

A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton. They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.

Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy. The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor. -- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness, , n.

A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

An eddy current.

The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd.

In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.

Untamable. [R.]

Not concurring; disagreeing. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure I know not what I shall incur to passShak.

The state of being uncurable; irremediableness. Harvey.

Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. A scirrh is not absolutely incurable. Arbuthnot.