FromMiddle Englishprocuren, fromOld Frenchprocurer, fromLate Latinprōcūrāre(“to manage, administer”), fromprō(“on behalf of”) +cūrō(“to care for”).
procure (third-person singular simple presentprocures,present participleprocuring,simple past and past participleprocured)
- (transitive) Toacquire orobtain.
- Synonyms:get,gain,acquire,attain,obtain
1667,John Milton, “Book II”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:if weprocure not to ourselves more woe
1943 November –1944 February (date written; published1945 August 17),George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm […], London:Secker & Warburg, publishedMay 1962,→OCLC:Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to beprocured, no one was able to imagine.
2025 February 5, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, inRAIL, number1028, page22:Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project haveprocured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species.
- (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- Synonyms:buy,purchase
- (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
c.1594 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i]:Proceed, Solinus, toprocure my fall.
- (obsolete) Tosolicit; toentreat.
- (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
c.1591–1595 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene v]:What unaccustomed causeprocures her hither?
to acquire or obtain an item or service
- Bulgarian:получавам (bg)(polučavam),набавям си(nabavjam si)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:獲得 /获得(wok6 dak1)
- Dutch:verwerven (nl),verkrijgen (nl)
- Finnish:hankkia (fi)
- French:acquérir (fr),obtenir (fr)
- German:beschaffen (de),erwerben (de),besorgen (de),aufbringen (de),verschaffen (de),beibringen (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient:κτάομαι(ktáomai),πορίζομαι(porízomai)
- Hungarian:beszerez (hu),szerez (hu),megszerez (hu),szert tesz (hu)
- Italian:procurare (it),approvvigionare (it),acquistare (it),ottenere (it)
- Maori:haha,kaitaonga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:skaffe (no),tilveiebringe
- Portuguese:obter (pt),conseguir (pt)
- Russian:достава́ть (ru)(dostavátʹ),добыва́ть (ru)(dobyvátʹ)
- Sanskrit:लभते (sa)(labhate)
- Swedish:skaffa (sv),införskaffa (sv),anskaffa (sv)
- Tocharian B:täk-
- Yiddish:דערקאַזשען(derkazhen)
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to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
to induce or persuade someone to do something
Translations to be checked
procure
- inflection ofprocurer:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
- IPA(key): /proˈku.re/
- Rhymes:-ure
- Hyphenation:pro‧cù‧re
procure f
- plural ofprocura
procure
- inflection ofprocurar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
- IPA(key): /pɾoˈkuɾe/[pɾoˈku.ɾe]
- Rhymes:-uɾe
- Syllabification:pro‧cu‧re
procure
- inflection ofprocurar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
