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incur

in.cur \in-'k*r\ vt or in.curred;  or in.cur.ring [L incurrere, lit., to 
   run into, fr. in + currere to run -]more at CURRENT 1: to meet with (as an 
   inconvenience)  2: to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself 
   n oneself. INCUR may or may not imply foreknowledge but usu. implies 
   responsibility for the act; CONTRACT implies more strongly effective 
   acquirement but less often implies definite responsibility for the act of 
   acquiring; CATCH is the popular term for transmitting infection and 
   stresses involuntary acquiring through personal contact or association SYN 
   syn INCUR, CONTRACT, CATCH mean to bring something upo