Pro*cure" (?), 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.]
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.
Milton.
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.
Shak.
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.
Spenser.
4. To cause to come; to bring; to
attract. [Obs.]
What unaccustomed cause procures her
hither?
Shak.
5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or
prostitution.
Syn. -- See Attain.
Pro*cure" (?), v. i.
1. To pimp. Shak.
2. To manage business for another in
court. [Scot.]
