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procure — pro·cure /prə kyu̇r/ vt pro·cured, pro·cur·ing: to obtain, induce, or cause to take place pro·cur·able adj pro·cur·er n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
procure — pro‧cure [prəˈkjʊə ǁ proʊˈkjʊr] verb [transitive] formal to obtain something that is needed for a particular task: • Companies in the industry reported difficulty in procuring raw materials. • Investors showed faith in Pathé s ability to procure… … Financial and business terms
procure — c.1300, bring about, cause, effect, from O.Fr. procurer (13c.), from L.L. procurare to take for, take care of, in classical Latin, manage, take care of; from pro in behalf of (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + curare care for (see CURE (Cf. cure)). Main… … Etymology dictionary
procure — verb (procured; procuring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French procurer, from Late Latin procurare, from Latin, to take care of, from pro for + cura care Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to get possession of ; obtain by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
procure — [13] The cure of procure goes back to Latin cūrāre ‘look after’, source of English cure. Combination with prō ‘for’ produced prōcūrāre ‘look after on behalf of someone else, manage’, which English acquired via Old French procurer as procure. The… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
procure — [c]/prəˈkjʊə / (say pruh kyoouh) verb (procured, procuring) –verb (t) 1. to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence. 2. to effect; cause; bring about, especially by unscrupulous or indirect means: to… …
procure — [13] The cure of procure goes back to Latin cūrāre ‘look after’, source of English cure. Combination with prō ‘for’ produced prōcūrāre ‘look after on behalf of someone else, manage’, which English acquired via Old French procurer as procure. The… … Word origins
procure — pro|cure [prəˈkjuə US prouˈkjur] v [T] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: procurare, from cura care ] 1.) to obtain something, especially something that is difficult to get procure sth for sb ▪ He was accused of procuring weapons for… … Dictionary of contemporary English
procure — verb 1》 obtain. ↘obtain (someone) as a prostitute for someone else. 2》 Law persuade or cause to do something. ↘archaic or Law cause to happen. Derivatives procurable adjective procurement noun procurer noun procuress … English new terms dictionary
procure — Synonyms and related words: 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, buy off,… … Moby Thesaurus
Jewish exodus from Arab lands — The Jewish exodus from Arab lands refers to the 20th century expulsion or mass departure of Jews, primarily of Sephardi and Mizrahi background, from Arab and Islamic countries. The migration started in the late 19th century, but accelerated after … Wikipedia
