Procure /(?)/

Pro·cure

Procure

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Procured; p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring

  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.
  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.
  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.
  4. To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.]
    What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
  5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.

Procure

v. i.
  1. To pimp.
  2. To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]