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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
incur
    v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable
         to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
    2: 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" [syn: receive,
       get, find, obtain, incur]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incur \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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   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.
      [1913 Webster]

            I know not what I shall incur to pass it,
            Having no warrant.                    --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than
            you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
                                                  --Chapman.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incur \In*cur"\, v. i.
   To pass; to enter. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]

         Light is discerned by itself because by itself it
         incurs into the eye.                     --South.
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Thesaurus Results for incur:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acquire, arouse, attract, be responsible for, bring down, bring on, bring upon, contract, draw, fall in with, fall into, gain, get, induce, invite, provoke, run, welcome
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