incurring
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
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
incurring
present participle of incur
Source: Wiktionary
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
10 June 2024
(verb) learn by reading books; “He is studying geology in his room”; “I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
