In·cur v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurred p. pr. & vb. n. Incurring ]
  1. To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure, penalty, responsibility, etc.
  I know not what I shall incur to pass it,
  Having no warrant.   --Shak.
  2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]
     Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.   --Chapman.
  incur
       v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable
            to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their
            health"
       2: 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" [syn: receive,
           get, find, obtain]
       [also: incurring, incurred]