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procure
[ proh-kyoor, pruh- ]
verb (used with object)
- to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
to procure evidence.
Antonyms: lose
- to bring about, especially by unscrupulous and indirect means:
to procure secret documents.
Synonyms: contrive
- to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.
procure
/ prəˈkjʊə /
verb
- tr to obtain or acquire; secure
- to obtain (women or girls) to act as prostitutes
Derived Forms
- proˈcurable, adjective
- proˈcurance, noun
Other Words From
- pro·curement noun
- self-pro·cured adjective
- self-pro·curing adjective
- unpro·cured adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of procure1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They never procure them without exertion, and they never indulge in them without apprehension.
The name of the group, paradoxically, is Procure Saber, which in Portuguese means, Seek to Know.
What about people who had attempted to farm, but been stymied by their inability to procure government loans?
The narrator tries all manner of despicable tricks to procure her return.
Bounderby was indeed born poor, but to loving parents, who sacrificed to procure him an education and a start in life.
With every allusion that Ramona made to the saints' statues, Alessandro's desire to procure one for her deepened.
Thereupon the generals hastened round the town to procure funds, and appeased the Visayos with a distribution of 1,800 pesos.
His wife would have access to good society, and would enjoy every luxury that wealth could procure.
Secondly, Randolph prayed for safe conducts for Bruce's envoys, presently to be sent to procure reconciliation with the Church.
She was even allowed, through her friends, to procure a piano-forte, which afforded her many hours of recreation.
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