Dictionary entry

Incur

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life. Chapman.