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Incur

//ɪnˈkɜː// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to. transitive

    "Near-synonym: contract (debts, etc.)"

  2. 2
    receive a specified treatment (abstract) wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.; To render (somebody, or oneself) liable or subject to. transitive

    "Near-synonyms: entail, invoke"

  4. 4
    make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to wordnet
  5. 5
    To enter or pass into. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

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

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