Pro‐cure″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Procured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Procuring.] [F. procurer, L. procurare, procuratum, to take care of; pro for + curare to take care, fr. cura care. See Cure, and cf. Proctor, Proxy.]
1. To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.
If we procure not to ourselves more woe. Milton.
2. To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall. Shak.
3. To solicit; to entreat.
The famous Briton prince and faery knight,...
Of the fair Alma greatly were procured
To make there longer sojourn and abode. Spenser.
4. To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? Shak.
5. To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
Syn. — See Attain.