procure
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Is procure a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To acquire or obtain.Examples: "if we procure not to ourselves more woe"; "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 be procured, no one was able to imagine."; "Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species."Synonyms: get, gain, acquire, attain, obtaintransitive
2. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.Synonyms: buy, purchasetransitive
3. (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.transitive
4. (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.Examples: "By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach."; "Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall."obsolete
5. (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.Examples: "The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode."obsolete
6. (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.Examples: "What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary