What is the meaning of incur?

verb

  • Make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to.
    • usage: "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
  • Receive a specified treatment (abstract. )
    • usage: "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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