What does "incur" mean?
Incur: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To pass; to enter. [Obs.] Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. South.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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