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

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