vi to pass; to enter.
2. incur ·vt to render liable or subject to; to occasion.
3. incur ·vt 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.