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pro·cure

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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