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[syn: receive, get, find, obtain, incur]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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