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procurest

procurest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of procure.

Meaning of procure

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...
  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
  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
  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

Origin of procurest

procure + -est

Questions about procurest

What is procurest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Procurest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of procure.

Words near procurest in the dictionary

  1. procurer
  2. procurers
  3. procures
  4. procuress
  5. procuresses
  6. procurest
  7. procureth
  8. procureur
  9. procureurs
  10. procuring
  11. procurings

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