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Definition of Procure
1. Verb. Get by special effort. "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
Specialized synonyms: Suborn, Copyright, Patent, Engage, Enlist
Generic synonyms: Obtain
Derivative terms: Procural, Procurance, Procurement, Procurer, Securer
2. Verb. Arrange for sexual partners for others.
Generic synonyms: Cater, Ply, Provide, Supply
Derivative terms: Pander, Panderer, Pimp, Procurer
Definition of Procure
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To pimp.
Definition of Procure
1. Verb. (transitive) To acquire or obtain an item or service, sometimes rare, usually by extra effort. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Procure
1. to obtain by effort [v -CURED, -CURING, -CURES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Procure
Literary usage of Procure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"<!. upon any vellum, parchment, or paper, or shall stamp or mark, or cause
defraud'™' '" or procure to be stamped or marked, any vellum, parchment, ..."
2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... however, Frederick managed to procure an indifferent cabriolet, which, for
the sum of sixty francs, without taking into account the price of a drink for ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"I was, however, fortu-1 nate enough to procure two active and fast horses which
... At Sedan I was able to procure a horse, and rode some ten miles over the ..."
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