Associations to the word «Incur»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

INCUR, verb. Make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health".
INCUR, verb. 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".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky