procure
/pɹəˈkjʊɹ/ verb C1- To acquire or obtain.
- To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- To induce or persuade someone to do something.
Plural procure · He/she/it procures · Past procured · Past participle procured · -ing form procuring
Verb forms
- Base form
- procure
- He/she/it
- procures
- Past
- procured
- Past participle
- procured
- -ing form
- procuring
From the library
Now, to see things which I cannot understand, to procure impossibilities, these are the study of my life.
“But address yourself to the keeper of the seals; he has the right of entry at the Tuileries, and can procure you audience at any hour of the day or night.”
“Ma foi!” said Louis XVIII., “take it, such as it is, for I have not the time to procure you another.
The black shawl having been procured, Anne spread it over the flat and then lay down on the bottom, with closed eyes and hands folded over her breast.
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