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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pro·cure
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Procured
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Procuring
.]
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
.
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