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incur

[in-kur] Origin

in·cur

[in-kur]
verb (used with object), -curred, -cur·ring.
1.
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
2.
to become liable or subject to through one's own action; bring or take upon oneself: to incur his displeasure.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin incurrere to run into, come upon, equivalent to in- in-2 + currere to run; see current

in·cur·ra·ble, adjective
re·in·cur, verb (used with object), -curred, -cur·ring.
self-in·curred, adjective


2. arouse, incite, provoke.

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incur (ɪnˈkɜː)
 
vb , -curs, -curring, -curred
1.  to make oneself subject to (something undesirable); bring upon oneself
2.  to run into or encounter
 
[C16: from Latin incurrere to run into, from currere to run]
 
in'currable
 
adj

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incur
c.1430, from Anglo-Fr. encurir, from L. incurrere "run into or against," from in- "upon" + currere "to run" (see current).
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