Procure

[prə'kjʊə] or [prə'kjʊr]

Definition

(verb.) get by special effort; 'He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed'.

Checked by Enrique--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. t.) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.

(v. t.) To solicit; to entreat.

(v. t.) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

(v. t.) To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

(v. i.) To pimp.

(v. i.) To manage business for another in court.

Editor: Nancy

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve, gain, provide, furnish.[2]. Contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about.

Editor: Ronda

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Acquire, provide, gain, get, contrive, effect, reap, win, earn, bring_about

ANT:Miss, lose, forfeit, misprovide, miscontrive

Edited by Ingram

Definition

v.t. to obtain for one's self or for another: to bring about: to attract: (Spens.) to urge earnestly.—v.i. to pander pimp.—adj. Procur′able that may be procured.—ns. Pro′curācy office of a procurator; Procurā′tion the act of managing another's affairs: the instrument giving power to do this: a sum paid by incumbents to the bishop or archdeacon on visitations; Proc′urātor one who takes care of a thing for another: a lawyer: a financial agent in an imperial province under the Roman emperors; Proc′urator-fis′cal (see Fiscal).—adj. Procuratō′rial.—n. Proc′uratorship.—adj. Proc′urātory.—ns. Procure′ment the act of procuring: a bringing about: management: agency; Procur′er one who procures: a pander:—fem. Proc′uress.

Checker: Quincy