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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROCU'RE, v.t. [L. procuro; pro and curo, to take care.]
1. To get; to gain; to obtain; as by request, loan, effort, labor or purchase. We procure favors by request; we procure money by borrowing; we procure food by cultivating the earth; offices are procured by solicitation or favor; we procure titles to estate by purchase. It is used of things of temporary possession more generally than acquire. We do not say, we acquired favor, we acquired money by borrowing but we procured.
2. To persuade; to prevail on.
What unaccustom'd cause procures her hither? [Unusual.]
3. To cause; to bring about; to effect; to contrive and effect.
Proceed, Salinus, to procure my fall.
4. To cause to come on; to bring on.
We no other pains endure
Than those that we ourselves procure.
5. To draw to; to attract; to gain. Modesty procures love and respect.
PROCU'RE, v.i. To pimp.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed" [syn: procure, secure]
2: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander, pimp, procure]

Merriam Webster's

verb (procured; procuring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French procurer, from Late Latin procurare, from Latin, to take care of, from pro- for + cura care Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to get possession of ; obtain by particular care and effort b. to get and make available for promiscuous sexual intercourse 2. bring about, achieve <procured the prisoner's release> intransitive verb to procure women • procurable adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 obtain, esp. by care or effort; acquire (managed to procure a copy). 2 bring about (procured their dismissal). 3 (also absol.) obtain (women) for prostitution. Derivatives: procurable adj. procural n. procurement n. Etymology: ME f. OF procurer f. L procurare take care of, manage (as PRO-(1), curare see to)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Procure Pro*cure", v. i. 1. To pimp. --Shak. 2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Procure Pro*cure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procured; p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring.] [F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.] 1. To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan. If we procure not to ourselves more woe. --Milton. 2. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. --Robynson (More's Utopia) . Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. --Shak. 3. To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.] The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . Of the fair Alma greatly were procured To make there longer sojourn and abode. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(procures, procuring, procured) 1. If you procure something, especially something that is difficult to get, you obtain it. (FORMAL) It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities. VERB: V n 2. If someone procures a prostitute, they introduce the prostitute to a client. He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Get, acquire, obtain, gain. 2. Contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about. 3. Attract, bring on.

Moby Thesaurus

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