incurring

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable)“incurring debts is easier than paying them”
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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]
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