procure

pro·cure

Use procure in a sentence

Lilly made a trip to her favorite bakery to procure a bag of their amazing chocolate chunk cookies.

verb

Procure is to get or obtain something.

When you get some cookies, this is an example of when youprocure some cookies.

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procure

transitive verb

-·cured′, -·cur′ing

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 of procure

Middle English procuren from Middle French procurer, to procure from Classical Latin procurare, to take care of, attend to from pro- (see pro-) + curare, to attend to from cura, care (see cure)

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

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procure

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 of procure

Middle English procuren from Old French procurer to take care of from Latin prōcūrāre prō- for ; see pro- ¹. cūrāre to care for ( from cūra care ; see cure . )

Related Forms:

pro·cur′a·ble
adjective

pro·cur′ance pro·cure′ment
noun

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)

To acquire or obtain.
To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
(criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
Shakespeare
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.

Origin

Old French procurer, from Late Latin procurare (“to take for, take care of, manage"), from pro- (“in behalf of") with curare (“care for").

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