Definitions for procure

procure pro·cure

Spelling: [proh-kyoo r, pruh-]
IPA: /proʊˈkyʊər, prə-/

Procure is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in procure (ceoprru).

Definitions for procure

verb (used with object)

  1. to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
  2. to bring about, especially by unscrupulous and indirect means:
  3. to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a procurer or pimp.

Origin of procure

1250-1300; Middle English procuren Latin prōcūrāre to take care of. See pro-1, cure

Examples for procure

What about people who had attempted to farm, but been stymied by their inability to procure government loans?

Young described how he was ordered to procure a special cellphone so the lovers could secretly communicate.

The name of the group, paradoxically, is procure Saber, which in Portuguese means, Seek to Know.

My two great desires were to get to the hospital and to procure a bible.

The narrator tries all manner of despicable tricks to procure her return.

Take the ripest and most juicy free-stone peaches you can procure.

What if he should get into a train without a ticket, or send a guard to procure one for him?

I did nothing but what I thought my duty to procure his favour.

She was not, then, in want of means to procure the common comforts of life.

Bounderby was indeed born poor, but to loving parents, who sacrificed to procure him an education and a start in life.

Word Value for procure
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

Similar words for procure
Word of the day