Procure definition

prō-kyo͝or, prə-

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To get by special effort; obtain or acquire.

Managed to procure a pass.

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To get or bring about by some effort; obtain; secure.

To procure supplies, work, a settlement, etc.

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To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

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To bring about; effect.

Procure a solution to a knotty problem.

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To obtain sexual partners for others.

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To obtain (persons, esp. women) for the purpose of prostitution.

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

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Procure is to get or obtain something.

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

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To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

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(criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.

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Shakespeare.

Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.

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Origin of procure

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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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