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Procure is to get or obtain something.

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See procure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb procured, procuring

to get or bring about by some effort; obtain; secure: to procure supplies, work, a settlement, etc.
to obtain (persons, esp. women) for the purpose of prostitution

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

to obtain persons, esp. women, for the purpose of prostitution

Related Forms:

procurable adjective
procurement noun or procurance or procural

See procure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures

verb, transitive

To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.
To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.
To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

verb, intransitive

To obtain sexual partners for others.

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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Related Forms:

pro·curˈa·ble adjective

pro·curˈance, pro·cureˈment noun

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