'Procure' definitions:
Definition of 'procure'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Procure'
From: GCIDE
- Procure \Pro*cure"\, v. i. [1913 Webster]
- 1. To pimp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Procure'
From: GCIDE
- Procure \Pro*cure"\, v. t. [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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- If we procure not to ourselves more woe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. [1913 Webster]
- By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. --Robynson (More's Utopia) . [1913 Webster]
- Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . Of the fair Alma greatly were procured To make there longer sojourn and abode. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Attain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'procure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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