procure Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb get by special effort
secure.
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; pimp.

F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.

imperfect & past participle Procured ; present participle & verbal noun Procuring

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.
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.
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.
To cause to come; to bring; to attract. Obs.
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? Shak.
To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution. Syn. -- See Attain.