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   Procure , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Procured ; p. pr. & vb. n. Procuring.] [F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.]
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   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.
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   If we procure not to ourselves more woe.
   Milton.
   
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   To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
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   By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
   Robynson (More's Utopia) .
   
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   Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.
   Shak.
   
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   To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.]
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   The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . 
   Of the fair Alma greatly were procured
   To make there longer sojourn and abode.
   Spenser.
   
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   To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.]
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   What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
   Shak.
   
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   To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
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   Syn. -- See Attain.
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   Procure , v. i.
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   To pimp.
   Shak.
   
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   To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]
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