Category:Procure

Pro*cure", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procured; p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring.] Etym: [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.

Procure Pro*cure", v. i.

1. To pimp. Shak.

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