incur : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: incur	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for incur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incur v make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" 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" Synonym(s): receive, get, find, obtain, incur
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incur \Incur"\, 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. [Obs.] Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incur \In*cur"\, v. i. To pass; to enter. [Obs.] Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. --South.