Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incur \In*cur"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Incurring}.] [L. incurrere to run into or toward; pref. in-
   in + currere to run. See {Current}.]
   1. 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.

            I know not what I shall incur to pass it, Having no
            warrant.                              --Shak.

   2. To render liable or subject to; to occasion. [Obs.]

            Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than
            you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.
                                                  --Chapman.

Incur \In*cur"\, v. i.
   To pass; to enter. [Obs.]

         Light is discerned by itself because by itself it
         incurs into the eye.                     --South.

Source : WordNet®

incur
     v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable
          to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their
          health"
     2: 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" [syn: {receive},
         {get}, {find}, {obtain}]
     [also: {incurring}, {incurred}]