Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to procure
Participle: procured
Gerund: procuring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | procure |
| you | procure |
| he;she;it | procures |
| we | procure |
| you | procure |
| they | procure |
Perfect
| I | have procured |
| you | have procured |
| he;she;it | has procured |
| we | have procured |
| you | have procured |
| they | have procured |
Past
| I | procured |
| you | procured |
| he;she;it | procured |
| we | procured |
| you | procured |
| they | procured |
Pluperfect
| I | had procured |
| you | had procured |
| he;she;it | had procured |
| we | had procured |
| you | had procured |
| they | had procured |
Future
| I | will procure |
| you | will procure |
| he;she;it | will procure |
| we | will procure |
| you | will procure |
| they | will procure |
Future Perfect
| I | will have procured |
| you | will have procured |
| he;she;it | will have procured |
| we | will have procured |
| you | will have procured |
| they | will have procured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | procure |
| you | procure |
| he;she;it | procure |
| we | procure |
| you | procure |
| they | procure |
Perfect
| I | have procured |
| you | have procured |
| he;she;it | have procured |
| we | have procured |
| you | have procured |
| they | have procured |
Imperfect
| I | procured |
| you | procured |
| he;she;it | procured |
| we | procured |
| you | procured |
| they | procured |
Pluperfect
| I | had procured |
| you | had procured |
| he;she;it | had procured |
| we | had procured |
| you | had procured |
| they | had procured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would procure |
| you | would procure |
| he;she;it | would procure |
| we | would procure |
| you | would procure |
| they | would procure |
Perfect
| I | would have procured |
| you | would have procured |
| he;she;it | would have procured |
| we | would have procured |
| you | would have procured |
| they | would have procured |
Imperative
| you | procure |
| we | Let's procure |
| you | procure |
Verbs conjugated like 'procure'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'procure'
precure,
precurse,
produce,
proffre,
profre,
profuse,
progue,
prospre,
recure,
arouse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to gain possession of something
- accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, receive, score, secure, snag, take, win
- to receive goods or services in exchange for money
- aby, buy, cheap, purchase, snap up
- obtain
- acquire, gain, get, secure, win
- effect
- cause, contrive
- pander
- bawd
Antonyms
- obtain
- lose, forfeit, sacrifice, forgo
- effect
- cause, origin, source, beginning
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, "bring about, cause, effect," from O.Fr.
procurer (13c.), from L.L.
procurare "to take for, take care of," in L., "manage, take care of," from
pro- "in behalf of" +
curare "care for." Main modern sense is via "taking pains to get" (1297). Meaning "to obtain (women) for sexual gratification" is attested from 1603.
2. From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”). See: Middle English '
procuren', Old French '
procurer'.
Verbs referencing "procure"
English
proxy, Portuguese
procurar, Spanish
procurar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] that I scarcely knew what to do with them, I naturally bethought myself of some restorative or comfortable cordial; and nothing better occurring to me, at the moment, than hot brandy-and-water, I procured a tumbler full without delay. It being impossible to stand or sit without holding on, they were all heaped together in one corner of a long sofa—a fixture extending entirely across the cabin—where [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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In another cell, there was a German, sentenced to five years ’ imprisonment for larceny, two of which had just expired. With colours procured in the same manner, he had painted every inch of the walls and ceiling quite beautifully. He had laid out the few feet of ground, behind, with exquisite neatness, and had made a little bed in the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] having reduced the luggage within the smallest possible compass (by sending back to New York, to be afterwards forwarded to us in Canada, so much of it as was not absolutely wanted ); and having procured the necessary credentials to banking-houses on the way; and having moreover looked for two evenings at the setting sun, with as well-defined an idea of the country before us as if we had been going [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] heard,—never had thought on; and he immediately told the Quaker that, if his slave would, to his own face, say that it was his desire to be free, he would liberate him. An interview was forthwith procured, and Nathan was asked by his young master whether he had ever had any reason to complain of his treatment, in any respect.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)