Definition of "incur"

incur

/ɪnˈkɜː/

verb
third-person singular simple present incurs, present participle incurring, simple past and past participle incurred
1. (transitive) to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to
  Quotations
  [T]he master in his wrath may easily incur worse evil himself than he inflicts—[...]
  1891, “The Hellenica”, in Henry Graham Dakyns, transl., The works of Xenophon, Book 5, Chapter 3
  And here it is to be noted that hatred is incurred as well on account of good actions as of bad;
  1910, Nicholas Machiavelli, translated by Ninian Hill Thomson, The Prince, Chapter XIX
  1. (chiefly law, accounting) to render somebody liable or subject to
    Quotations
    The least neglect of duty will incur[...] the penalty of thirty-nine well laid on in the morning.
    1861, Francis Colburn Adams, “Chapter VII”, in An Outcast
    Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
    1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, (please specify the page)
2. (obsolete, transitive) to enter or pass into
3. (obsolete, intransitive) to fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger