incur

Etymology

From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere.

verb

  1. (transitive) to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to
    Cruelty incurs calamity.
    [T]he master in his wrath may easily incur worse evil himself than he inflicts—… 1891, “The Hellenica”, in Henry Graham Dakyns, transl., The works of Xenophon, Book 5, Chapter 3
    And here it is to be noted that hatred is incurred as well on account of good actions as of bad; 1910, Nicholas Machiavelli, translated by Ninian Hill Thomson, The Prince, Chapter XIX
    1. (chiefly law, accounting) to render somebody liable or subject to
      The least neglect of duty will incur… the penalty of thirty-nine well laid on in the morning. 1861, Francis Colburn Adams, “Chapter VII”, in An Outcast
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to enter or pass into
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) to fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger

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