Procure

Definition of Procure

Pro`cure´

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Procured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring.]
	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. 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. What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? - Shak.
	5.	To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
v. i.	1.	To pimp.
	2.	To manage business for another in court.

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