Pro*cure" (?), v. i.
1. To pimp. Shak.
2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
Pro*cure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procured (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Procuring.]
[F. procurer, L.
procurare, procuratum, to take care of;
pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.]
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. [Obs.]
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. [Obs.]
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
Shak.
5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
Syn. -- See Attain.
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