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Antonyms for procure

Grammar : Verb
Spell : proh-kyoor, pruh-
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈkyʊər, prə-

Definition of procure

Origin :
  • c.1300, "bring about, cause, effect," from Old French procurer "care for, be occupied with; bring about, cause; acquire, provide" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin procurare "manage, take care of;" from pro- "in behalf of" (see pro-) + curare "care for" (see cure (v.)). Main modern sense "obtain; recruit" (late 14c.) is via "take pains to get" (mid-14c.). Meaning "to obtain (women) for sexual gratification" is attested from c.1600. Related: Procured; procuring.
  • verb acquire, obtain
Example sentences :
  • I did nothing but what I thought my duty to procure his favour.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • What if he should get into a train without a ticket, or send a guard to procure one for him?
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • My two great desires were to get to the hospital and to procure a bible.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • She was not, then, in want of means to procure the common comforts of life.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Take the ripest and most juicy free-stone peaches you can procure.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Such letters may be bought or begged; I will undertake to procure them.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Hetty would have liked to be omniscient that she might procure for him all he could desire.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • Constance followed him from the room, volunteering to procure the warm water.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • But again, where was Arthur Channing to procure twenty pounds from?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I should not care what labour it cost me to procure the money, so that I succeeded.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for procure

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