Incur
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- To bring upon or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
- 1891, Henry Graham Dakyns (translator), The works of Xenophon, "The Hellenica", Book 5, Chapter 3,
- [T]he master in his wrath may easily incur worse evil himself than he inflicts—[...]
- 1910, Nicholas Machiavelli, translated by Ninian Hill Thomson, The Prince, Chapter XIX,
- And here it is to be noted that hatred is incurred as well on account of good actions as of bad;
- 1891, Henry Graham Dakyns (translator), The works of Xenophon, "The Hellenica", Book 5, Chapter 3,
- To render somebody liable or subject to.
- 1861, Francis Colburn Adams, An Outcast, Chapter VII,
- The least neglect of duty will incur[...] the penalty of thirty-nine well laid on in the morning.
- 1861, Francis Colburn Adams, An Outcast, Chapter VII,
- To enter or pass into.
- To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.
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