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1. (v.t.) incur
to become liable for:
to incur debts.
2. incur
to bring upon oneself:
incurred our displeasure.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L incurrere to run into, come upon =in-in-3+currere to run)
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1. (verb) incur
make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
"People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
2. (verb) receive, get, find, obtain, incur
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"
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1. (verb) incur
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
2. (verb) incur
to render liable or subject to; to occasion
3. (verb) incur
to pass; to enter
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Sense: to bring (something unpleasant) on oneself
to incur someone's displeasure.
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 Afrikaans: blootstel aan |
 Arabic: يَجْلِبُ على نَفْسِه |
 Bulgarian: излагам |
 Brazilian: cair em |
 Czech: způsobit (si) |
 German: sich zuziehen |
 Danish: udsætte sig for; pådrage |
 Greek: επισύρω |
 Spanish: incurrir en, provocar |
 Estonian: (endale) kaela tõmbama |
 Farsi: موجب شدن |
 Finnish: joutua |
 French: (s')attirer |
 Hebrew: לְהָבִיא עַל עַצמוֹ |
 Hindi: अपने ऊपर लेना |
 Croatian: navući se na |
 Hungarian: magára von |
 Indonesian: membangkitkan |
 Icelandic: kalla yfir sig |
 Italian: attirarsi, incorrere in |
 Japanese: 招く |
 Korean: (좋지 않은 결과를) 초래하다 |
 Lithuanian: užsitraukti |
 Latvian: iedzīvoties; iekļūt (nepa |
 Malay: menyebabkan |
 Dutch: zich op de hals halen |
 Norwegian: pådra seg, utsette seg fo |
 Polish: ściągnąć na siebie |
 Persian: موجب شدن |
 Pashto: موجب شول |
 Portuguese: cair em |
 Romanian: a(-şi) atrage |
 Russian: навлекать на себя |
 Slovak: spôsobiť (si) |
 Slovenian: nakopati si |
 Serbian: navući na sebe |
 Swedish: ådra (åsamka) sig, utsätt |
 Thai: ก่อให้เกิด |
 Turkish: uğramak, hedef olmak |
 Taiwanese: 招致 |
 Ukrainian: викликати |
 Urdu: اپنے سر لینا |
 Vietnamese: gánh chịu |
 Chinese: 招致 |
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