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procurepro‧cure /prəˈkjʊə $ proʊˈkjʊr/ verb [transitive] formal procureOrigin: 1200-1300 Latin procurare, from cura ‘care’ VERB TABLEprocure |
Present | I, you, we, they | procure | | he, she, it | procures | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | procured | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have procured | | he, she, it | has procured | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had procured | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will procure | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have procured |
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Present | I | am procuring | | he, she, it | is procuring | | you, we, they | are procuring | Past | I, he, she, it | was procuring | | you, we, they | were procuring | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been procuring | | he, she, it | has been procuring | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been procuring | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be procuring | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been procuring |
- Alice offered pamphlets and books, which she would procure for him.
- He returned briefly to the Commonwealth's service, but retired when the Restoration became inevitable and procured a royal pardon.
- He therefore persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket without disclosing his identity.
- If the borrowing member does not produce a basic valuation, then the building society must procure one itself.
- Miscarriages procured in this way often led to death or malformed births.
- Or try vinegar, which can be tricky to procure, but complements many of the dumplings.
- The circumstances of their procuring silk stuffs at a cheap rate is favourable to this propensity.
- They had been procured in the early years of the century through a carefully orchestrated city campaign.
1to obtain something, especially something that is difficult to getprocure something for somebody He was accused of procuring weapons for terrorists.2to provide a prostitute for someone—procurable adjective—procurement noun [uncountable]: the procurement of raw materials from abroad—procurer noun [countable] |