Past tense of procure
regular verb
The past tense of procure is procured. The past participle is also procured.
Forms of procure
| Base form (V1) | procure /pɹəˈkjʊə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | procured /pɹəˈkjʊəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | procured /pɹəˈkjʊəd/ |
| Present participle | procuring |
| Third person singular | procures |
Procured in a sentence
- How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]...
- 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.2025 February 5, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 22
- The mate had procured other tasties too, olives and such, for later in the evening.2011, Nick Ardley, The Jottings of a Thames Estuary Ditch-Crawler. From the entry tasty
- He now had a country seat at Kilmacud and women procured for him by a flashman.1998, Padraic O'Farrell, The '98 Reader, →ISBN. From the entry flashman
- Three jinriksha are procured, and we ride off to the station.1930 January 4, Ruth Downing, “Our Sunday School Missionary in Japan”, in John van Schaick, Jr., editor, The Christian Leader, volume…. From the entry jinriksha
Meaning of procure
- verb To acquire or obtain.
- verb To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- verb To induce or persuade someone to do something.
Questions about the past tense of procure
- What is the past tense of procure?
- The past tense of procure is procured.
- What is the past participle of procure?
- The past participle of procure is procured.
- Is procure a regular or irregular verb?
- Procure is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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