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incur

in·cur [ in kúr ] (past and past participle in·curred, present participle in·cur·ring, 3rd person present singular in·curs)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. experience something unpleasant: to suffer something undesirable such as another person's anger or a financial loss as a result of an action
incur their wrath

2. acquire burden: to become burdened with something such as a debt

[15th century. Via French< Latin incurrere "run into" < currere "run"]

in·cur·rence noun
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