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Audio Help [proh-kyoor, pruh-] Pronunciation Key verb, -cured, -cur·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.

2.	to bring about, esp. by unscrupulous and indirect means: to procure secret documents.

3.	to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to act as a procurer or pimp.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME procuren < L prōcūrāre to take care of. See pro-¹, cure

]

—Related forms

pro·cure·ment, noun

—Synonyms 1. gain, win. See get. 2. contrive. 4. pander, pimp.

—Antonyms 1. lose.

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pro·cure Audio Help   (prō-kyŏŏr', prə-) Pronunciation Key
v.   pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures

v.   tr.

To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.
To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.
To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

v. intr.
To obtain sexual partners for others.

[Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, to take care of, from Latin prōcūrāre : prō-, for; see pro-¹ + cūrāre, to care for (from cūra, care; see cure).]

pro·cur'a·ble adj., pro·cur'ance, pro·cure'ment n.

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procure

c.1290, "bring about, cause, effect," from O.Fr. procurer (13c.), from L.L. procurare "to take for, take care of," in L., "manage, take care of," from pro- "in behalf of" + curare "care for." Main modern sense is via "taking pains to get" (1297). Meaning "to obtain (women) for sexual gratification" is attested from 1603.

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procure
verb
1.	get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
2.	arrange for sexual partners for others [syn: pander]

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procure [prəˈkjuə] verb

to get or obtain
Example: He managed to procure a car.

Arabic:	يَحْصَل على، يَنالُ
Chinese (Simplified):	［努力］取得，获得
Chinese (Traditional):	［努力］取得，獲得
Czech:	opatřit (si)
Danish:	skaffe
Dutch:	verkrijgen
Estonian:	soetama
Finnish:	hankkia
French:	(se) procurer
German:	besorgen
Greek:	προμηθεύω, προμηθεύομαι
Hungarian:	(meg)szerez
Icelandic:	útvega
Indonesian:	mendapatkan
Italian:	procurarsi

Japanese:	得る
Korean:	손에 넣다
Latvian:	dabūt; iegādāties; gādāt; apgādāt
Lithuanian:	įsigyti
Norwegian:	skaffe, få tak i, oppdrive
Polish:	zdobyć
Portuguese (Brazil):	conseguir
Portuguese (Portugal):	obter
Romanian:	a procura, a face rost de
Russian:	приобретать
Slovak:	zaobstarať (si)
Slovenian:	preskrbeti
Spanish:	conseguir, obtener
Swedish:	skaffa
Turkish:	tedarik etmek

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Procure

At*tain"\ ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of. atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F. atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach. See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]

1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the means? --Abp. Tillotson.

2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a material object.] --Chaucer.

3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]

Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.

4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at. "Canaan he now attains." --Milton.

5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.

6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.

Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.

Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object. Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure, which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion. We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by such means.

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Procure

Proc`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. procuratio: cf. F. procuration. See Procure.]

1. The act of procuring; procurement.

2. The management of another's affairs.

3. The instrument by which a person is empowered to transact the affairs of another; a proxy.

4. (Ch. of Eng.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy.

Procuration money (Law), money paid for procuring a loan. --Blackstone.

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