Associations to the word «Procure»

Wiktionary

PROCURE, verb. (transitive) To acquire or obtain.
PROCURE, verb. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
PROCURE, verb. (transitive) (criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
PROCURE, verb. (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
PROCURE, verb. (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
PROCURE, verb. (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

Dictionary definition

PROCURE, verb. Get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed".
PROCURE, verb. Arrange for sexual partners for others.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats