4 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Procure \Pro*cure"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To pimp. --Shak.
2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Procure \Pro*cure"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Procured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Procuring}.] [F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum,
to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura
care. See {Cure}, and cf. {Proctor}, {Proxy}.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
procure
verb
1: get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even
though they were rationed" [syn: {secure}]
2: arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: {pander}, {pimp}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "procure":
accomplish, acquire, annex, appropriate, argue into, arouse, bag,
be seized of, bring, bring about, bring around, bring back,
bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to light, buy, buy back,
buy in, buy into, buy off, buy on credit, buy up, call for,
call forth, call out, call up, capture, carry, catch, cause,
chase after, come by, come in for, come into, compass,
complete a purchase, contract, contrive, convince, corner, corral,
decide, deduce, derive, determine, dispose, drag down, drag out,
draw, draw down, draw forth, draw in, draw on, draw out, earn,
educe, effect, elicit, engage, engross, enlist,
enter into possession, evoke, fetch, fetch and carry, find, gain,
get, get from, get out of, get to do, go after, go and get,
go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, harvest, have, incline,
induce, influence, inspire, instigate, interest in, land, lead,
lure, make, make a buy, monopolize, motivate, net, obtain, pander,
persuade, pick up, pimp, prevail, produce, prompt, prostitute,
provoke, pull down, purchase, reap, rebuy, regrate, repurchase,
requisition, retrieve, rouse, run after, sack, score, secure, shag,
stimulate, summon forth, summon up, superinduce, sway, take, tempt,
wangle, wangle out of, win, win over, winkle out, worm out,
worm out of
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