procure
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procure
- /pɹəˈkjʊə/ UK
- /pɹəˈkjɔː/ UK
- /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/ US
- /pɹəˈkjɝ/ US
Rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).
verb procures · procuring · procured · procure
- To acquire or obtain. if we procure not to ourselves more woe
- To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
- To solicit; to entreat. The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode.
- To cause to come; to bring; to attract. What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
