pander, pimp, procure
(verb) arrange for sexual partners for others
procure, secure
(verb) get by special effort; “He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
procure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)
(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
(transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
(transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
(obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
(obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
(obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
• (acquire): obtain
• (obtain a prostitute): buy, purchase
• crouper
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Pro*cure", v. i.
1. To pimp. Shak.
2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
