procured

Verb

procure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)

1. (transitive) 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...

   Synonyms:

   get, gain, acquire, attain, obtain, achieve, collect, earn, find, gather

2. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

   Synonyms:

   buy, pander, pimp, purchase

3. (transitive, criminal law) 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

4. (obsolete) 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

   Synonyms:

   devise, effectuate, implement

5. (obsolete) 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

6. (obsolete) 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