procureth
procureth is the third-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)
- 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...
- 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
- 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
Origin of procureth
procure + -eth
Questions about procureth
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- Procureth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of procure.
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