procure
UK/pɹəˈkjʊə//pɹəˈkjʊɹ/
procure verb: to acquire or obtain.
Verb
procure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)
- To acquire or obtain.
- if we procure not to ourselves more woe1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. 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 […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
- To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- Synonyms:
- convince, entice, prevail upon, put someone up to something, bring round, convict, draw, gain over, persuade, pimp
- To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
- By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.1551, Thomas More, translated by Ralph Robinson, Utopia
- Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- devise, effectuate, implement
- To solicit; to entreat.
- The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1
- Synonyms:
- beseech, plead, supplicate
- To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
- What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- draw
procure meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
procure in Tamil
- கொள்முதல் செய், கொள்வனவு
procure in Urdu
- حاصل کرنا, پانا, پیدا کرنا
procure in Bengali
- সংগ্রহ করা, জোগাড় করা
procure in Telugu
- to procure, acquire, get, earn
- సంపాదించు sampādiñcu
- to procure
- తెప్పించు teppiñcu
More languagesFewer languages
- procure in Malayalam
- ഒപ്പിക്കുക oppikkuka
- procure in Kannada
- ಒದಗಿಸು, ಗಳಿಸು, ಗಿಟ್ಟಿಸು, ತೊಂಗಿಸು
- procure in Sanskrit
- लभते labhate
Examples of procure in a sentence
- Procure some regulation showcard colors in the 2-oz. bottles costing about 25c.
- The mate had procured other tasties too, olives and such, for later in the evening.
- To procure another's tort will render the procurer jointly liable in tort.
Synonyms of procure
27 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- score
- win
- buy
- pander
- pimp
- purchase
- convince
- entice
- prevail upon
- put someone up to something
- bring round
- convict
- draw
- gain over
- persuade
- push
- talk around
- talk over
- wash with
- win over
- devise
- effectuate
- implement
- beseech
- plead
- supplicate
- suade
Forms of procure
| third-person singular present | procures |
|---|---|
| present participle | procuring |
| past participle | procured |
| past | procured |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | procurest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | procuredst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | procureth |
Origin of procure
From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).
Words formed from procure
Words that rhyme with procure
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about procure
- What does procure mean?
- Procure means to acquire or obtain.
- What is procure in Tamil?
- Procure in Tamil is கொள்முதல் செய், கொள்வனவு. See Procure meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is procure?
- Procure is a verb.
- How do you pronounce procure?
- Procure is pronounced /pɹəˈkjʊə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of procure?
- The past tense of procure is procured.
Words near procure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: procure (page history and authors); procure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); procure (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Procure (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తెప్పించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഒപ്പിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); procure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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