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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
incurring
n : acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable):
"incurring debts is easier than paying them"
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