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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Pro*cure" (?), v. i.
1.
To pimp.
Shak.
2.
To manage business for another in court.
[Scot.]
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