incur.
To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
Meaning & usage
To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
Cruelty incurs calamity.
I've incurred scorn and odium for my actions.
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.
To enter or pass into.
To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere.
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