incur

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}, {incur}]
    

Incur \In*cur"\, v. i.
   To pass; to enter. [Obs.]
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         Light is discerned by itself because by itself it
         incurs into the eye.                     --South.
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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}.]
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   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.
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            I know not what I shall incur to pass it,
            Having no warrant.                    --Shak.
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   2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]
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            Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than
            you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
                                                  --Chapman.
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18 Moby Thesaurus words for "incur":
      acquire, arouse, attract, be responsible for, bring down, bring on,
      bring upon, contract, draw, fall in with, fall into, gain, get,
      induce, invite, provoke, run, welcome