Crossword clues for procured
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Procure \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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To cause to come; to bring; to attract. [Obs.]
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
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To obtain for illicit intercourse or prostitution.
Syn: See Attain.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: procure)
Usage examples of "procured".
These articles the Snakes had procured from caches to which they were guided by some white men who resided among them, and who afterwards accompanied them across the Rocky Mountains.
On this river they procured two canoes, in which they dropped down the stream to its confluence with the Columbia, and then down that river to Astoria, where they arrived haggard and emaciated, and perfectly in rags.
At this place they encamped for the night, and made a sumptuous repast upon fish and a couple of dogs, procured from their Indian neighbors.
Hunt now followed up the little river, and encamped at some lodges of Shoshonies, from whom he procured a couple of horses, a dog, a few dried fish, and some roots and dried cherries.
The most exquisite dainties were procured, to gratify their pride, rather than their taste.
His presence of mind procured him a longer respite, and a more splendid fate.
A thin gauze was procured from their webs, and this Cean manufacture, the invention of a woman, for female use, was long admired both in the East and at Rome.
The anchorage proving unsafe, and water difficult to be procured, the captain stood out to sea, and made repeated signals for those on shore to rejoin the ship, but it was not until nine at night that they came on board.
Here he procured a couple of horses, and proceeded on the remainder of his journey with two men, sending the other six back to the encampment.
They were well clad, and all had buffalo robes, which they procured from some of the hunting tribes in exchange for salmon.
Most of the skins must have been procured by traffic with other tribes, or in distant hunting excursions, for the naked prairies in the neighborhood afforded few animals, excepting horses, which were abundant.
A rifle, an old musket, a tomahawk, a tin kettle, and a small quantity of ammunition soon procured them four horses, three dogs, and some roots.
A little venison, of an indifferent quality, and some roots were all that could be procured that evening.
Having, after several days' negotiation, procured the requisite number of canoes, Mr.
In their way they passed several camps of Shoshonies, from some of whom they procured salmon, but in general they were too wretchedly poor to furnish anything.