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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche