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English Dictionary: procure	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for procure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
procure v get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed" Synonym(s): procure, secure arrange for sexual partners for others Synonym(s): pander, pimp, procure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Procure \Pro*cure"\, v. i. 1. To pimp. --Shak. 2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Procure \Procure"\, 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.