Thesaurus: procure

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
3. v. t. To solicit; to entreat.
4. v. t. To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
5. v. t. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
6. v. i. To pimp.
7. v. i. To manage business for another in court.
8. v. get by special effort
9. v. arrange for sexual partners for others
10. 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. 1. To pimp. Shak. 2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
11. v:100 v. get by special effort