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INCURRING
incurring
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
INCUR
receive, get, find, obtain, incur
(verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract); “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”
incur
(verb) make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; “People who smoke incur a great danger to their health”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
incurring
present participle of incur
Source: Wiktionary
INCUR
In*cur", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Incurring.] Etym: [L. incurrere to run into or toward; pref. in- in + currere to run. See Current.]
1. 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 I know not what I shall incur to passShak.
2. 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.
In*cur", v. i.
Definition: To pass; to enter. [Obs.] Light is discerned by itself because by itself it incurs into the eye. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENTIRELY
(adverb) without any others being included or involved; “was entirely to blame”; “a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children”; “he works for Mr. Smith exclusively”; “did it solely for money”; “the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone”; “a privilege granted only to him”
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