Procure is to get or obtain something.
(verb)When you get some cookies, this is an example of when youprocure some cookies.
See procure in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb procured, procuring
Origin: ME procuren < MFr procurer, to procure < L procurare, to take care of, attend to < pro- (see pro-) + curare, to attend to < cura, care (see cure)
intransitive verb
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See procure in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English procuren
Origin: , from Old French procurer, to take care of
Origin: , from Latin prōcūrāre
Origin: : prō-, for; see pro-1
Origin: + cūrāre, to care for (from cūra, care; see cure)
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