Procure

//pɹəˈkjʊə// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To acquire or obtain. transitive

    "if we procure not to ourselves more woe"

  2. 2
    arrange for sexual partners for others wordnet
  3. 3
    To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else. transitive
  4. 4
    get by special effort wordnet
  5. 5
    To induce or persuade someone to do something. transitive
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  1. 6
    To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. obsolete

    "By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach."

  2. 7
    To solicit; to entreat. obsolete

    "The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode."

  3. 8
    To cause to come; to bring; to attract. obsolete

    "What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?"

Synonyms

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pimpbuyobtainpanderpanderdraw

Example

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"Where did you procure the information?"

Etymology

From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).

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procure to pay

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