Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incur"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Incur \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.

I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no
warrant. --Shak.

2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]

Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than
you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
--Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Incur \In*cur"\, v. i.
To pass; to enter. [Obs.]

Light is discerned by itself because by itself it
incurs into the eye. --South.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

incur
v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable
to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their
health"
2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
civilization do not find expression or receive an
interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I
got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: {receive},
{get}, {find}, {obtain}]


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