incur

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to incur (third-person singular simple present incurs, present participle incurring, simple past and past participle incurred)

  1. To bring upon or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
  2. (chiefly law) To render somebody liable or subject to.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To enter or pass into.
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

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