procure

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UK /pɹəˈkjʊə/ US /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/

verb 5

Collocations

ADJ.

able, certain, endless, established, largest, light, light, new

VERB + PROCURE

designed, measure, wants

PROCURE + NOUN

dictionary, immunity, information, ourselves, prosecution, quantity, seedlings, slumbers

PREP.

from

Definitions

verb

To acquire or obtain.

if we procure not to ourselves more woe

Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.

To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

To induce or persuade someone to do something.

To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.

Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.

To solicit; to entreat.

The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — arrange for sexual partners for others

verb — get by special effort

secure

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

if we procure not to ourselves more woe

Wiktionary

Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.

Wiktionary

Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species.

Wiktionary

Where did you procure the information?

Tatoeba · #38199

This decision was a self-serving measure designed to procure immunity from prosecution.

Tatoeba · #4977383

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Tatoeba · #5563652

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, procure is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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