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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King