WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pro•cur•a•ble
(prō kyŏŏr′ə bəl, prə-),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- obtainable.
- procure + -able 1605–15
pro•cure /proʊˈkyʊr, prə-/USA pronunciation
v., -cured, -cur•ing.
pro•cure•ment, n. [uncountable]checking government procurement contracts.
pro•cur•er, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to obtain (something) by care or effort:[~ + object]to procure secret documents.
- to obtain (a person) for prostitution: [~ + object]procuring young prostitutes.[no object]arrested for procuring.
pro•cure•ment, n. [uncountable]checking government procurement contracts.
pro•cur•er, n. [countable]
pro•cure
(prō kyŏŏr′, prə-),USA pronunciation v., -cured, -cur•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
pro•cure′ment, n.
v.t.
- to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:to procure evidence.
- to bring about, esp. by unscrupulous and indirect means:to procure secret documents.
- to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.
v.i.
- to act as a procurer or pimp.
- Latin prōcūrāre to take care of. See pro-1, cure
- Middle English procuren 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gain, win. See get.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contrive.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pander, pimp.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lose.