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What does "procure" mean?

Procure: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To solicit; to entreat. [Obs.] The famous Briton prince and faery knight, . . . Of the fair Alma greatly were procured To make there longer sojourn and abode. Spenser.
  2. 3.To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.] What unaccustomed cause procures her hither Shak.
  3. 4.To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
  4. 5.To pimp. Shak.
  5. 6.To manage business for another in court. [Scot.]

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