incur
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (2)
- make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to“People who smoke incur a great danger to their health”
- 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”Synonyms: receivegetfindobtain
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]
Incur \In*cur"\, v. i. To pass; to enter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. --South. [1913 Webster]