Thesaurus: incur

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To render liable or subject to; to occasion.
3. v. i. To pass; to enter.
4. v. make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
5. v. receive a specified treatment (abstract)
6. 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 I know not what I shall incur to passShak. 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. To pass; to enter. [Obs.] Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. South.
7. To pass; to enter. [Obs.]Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into theeye. South.
8. v:100 v. make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to