Definitions for procures

procures pro·cure

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

Procures is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in procures (ceoprrsu).

Definitions for procures

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 procures

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

Examples for procures

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for procures
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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