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Pronunciation : Pro*cure"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.]
Definition : 1. To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan. If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton.

2. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. Robynson (More's Utopia) . Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. Shak.

3. To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.] The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . Of the fair Alma greatly were procured To make there longer sojourn and abode. Spenser.

4. To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.] What unaccustomed cause procures her hither Shak.

5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

Syn. -- See Attain.

t. [imp. & p. p. Procured; p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pro*cure"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To pimp. Shak.

2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913