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procure - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'procure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Procure [ v. i.]
- To pimp.
- To manage business for another in court.
2 . Procure [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
- To solicit; to entreat.
- To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
- To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

Meaning of 'procure' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . procure [ v]
Meaning (1):
- get by special effort
Example in sentence:
  • He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed