Definitions for: Incur

[v] 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"
[v] make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

In*cur", v. i.
To pass; to enter. [Obs.]

Light is discerned by itself because by itself it
incurs into the eye. --South.

Synonyms: find, get, obtain, receive

See Also: change, run, subject, take

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