PROCURE

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


Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (acquire): obtain

• (obtain a prostitute): buy, purchase

Anagrams

• 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



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