procuring

procuring is the present participle and gerund of procure.

Meaning of procure

Verb

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

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

Synonyms:

buy, pander, pimp, purchase
(transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.

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convince, entice, prevail upon, put someone up to something, bring round, convict, draw, gain over, persuade, pimp
(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
(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
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beseech, plead, supplicate
(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

Noun

procuring (countable and uncountable, plural procurings)

The act of procuring, or amount procured.
- Procurings of unginned cotton by December 1 were reported to have amounted to 9,833,000 bales or the equivalent of 3,048,000 bales of ginned cotton of approximately 478 pounds net.1937, The Cotton Situation, volumes 3-39, page 12

Forms of procuring

plural	procurings

Questions about procuring

What does procuring mean?: Procuring means the act of procuring, or amount procured.
What is procuring the present participle and gerund of?: Procuring is the present participle and gerund of procure.
What part of speech is procuring?: Procuring is a noun.
What is the plural of procuring?: The plural of procuring is procurings.

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