Procure
21procure — [13] The cure of procure goes back to Latin cūrāre ‘look after’, source of English cure. Combination with prō ‘for’ produced prōcūrāre ‘look after on behalf of someone else, manage’, which English acquired via Old French procurer as procure. The… …
22procure — verb (procured; procuring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French procurer, from Late Latin procurare, from Latin, to take care of, from pro for + cura care Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to get possession of ; obtain by… …
23PROCURE — n. f. T. d’Administration ecclésiastique Office du procureur dans certaines congrégations ou communautés. Il se dit aussi du Logement et du bureau du procureur. S’adresser à la procure …
24procure — verb Procure is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abortion …
25procure — v. (D; tr.) to procure for * * * [prə kjʊə] (D; tr.) to procurefor …
26procure — pro|cure [prəˈkjuə US prouˈkjur] v [T] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: procurare, from cura care ] 1.) to obtain something, especially something that is difficult to get procure sth for sb ▪ He was accused of procuring weapons for… …
27procure — to arrange (prostitution) on behalf of another Literally, to obtain, of anything, but legal jargon in this sense: ... she had never heard of my sister, but she would undertake to procure her for me for seventy five dollars. (Fraser,… …
28procure — verb 1) he managed to procure a coat Syn: obtain, acquire, get, find, come by, secure, pick up; buy, purchase, engage; informal get hold of, get one s hands on See note at get 2) th …
29procure — pro•cure [[t]proʊˈkyʊər, prə [/t]] v. cured, cur•ing 1) to obtain by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure secret documents[/ex] 2) to bring about, esp. by complicated or indirect means 3) to obtain (a person) for the purpose of… …
30procure — To initiate a proceeding; to cause a thing to be done; to instigate; to contrive, bring about, effect, or cause. To persuade, induce, prevail upon, or cause a person to do something. Rose v. Hunter, 155 Cal.App.2d 319, 317 P.2d 1027, 1030. To… …
