In-cûr'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. INCURRED (in-kûrd'); p. pr. & vb. n. INCURRING (in-kûr'ring).] [Lat. incurrere, to run into or toward; from prefix in and currere, to run; It. incorrere, Fr. encourir, O. Fr. encorre, Pg. encorrer, Sp. incurrir, Fr. encourir, O. Fr. encorre.]
Sense 1. To meet or fall in with, as something from which inconvenience or harm is to be apprehended; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down; to encounter.
I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no warrant. Shak.
Sense 2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs. and rare.] Chapman.