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procure |
3 definitions found 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 \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: procure v : get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed" [syn: {secure}]
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