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pro⋅cur⋅ance

  [proh-kyoor-uhns, pruh-]
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–noun
the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
Origin:
1545–55; procure + -ance
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pro·cure   (prō-kyŏŏr', prə-)   
v.   pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures

v.   tr.

  1. To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.

  2. To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.

  3. 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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