incur

verb

Etymology: From Middle English incurren, from Anglo-Norman encurir, Middle French encourir, from Old French encorre, from Latin incurrere.

1. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

   “Near-synonym: contract (debts, etc.)”

   “Cruelty incurs calamity.”

2. To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

   “Near-synonyms: entail, invoke”

   “The least neglect of duty will incur[...] the penalty of thirty-nine well laid on in the morning.”

3. To enter or pass into.
4. To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.