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procure

verb

1 procure

Get by special effort:
— He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed.

synonym: secure.

Roget 153: be the cause of etc. n .; originate; give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to; cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate; bring on, ... show more

Roget 615: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse etc. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, ... show more

Roget 775: acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect etc. (assemble) 72; pick, pickup; ... show more

Roget 795: buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent etc. (hire) 788; repurchase, buy in.    keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay ... show more

Dutch: aanschaffen, verwerven

2 procure

Arrange for sexual partners for others.

synonyms: pander, pimp.


Moby thesaurus: accomplish, acquire, annex, appropriate, argue into, arouse, bag, be seized of, bring, bring about, bring around, bring back, bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to light, buy, buy back, buy in, buy into ... show more.

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