procure
/pɹəˈkjʊɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "if we procure not to ourselves more woe"
- "Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine."
- "Folkestone: Network Rail and the White Cliffs Countryside Project have procured a herd of goats to keep vegetation on the slopes of Folkestone Warren under control, and to encourage rare species."
- "By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach."
- "Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall."
- "The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode."
Etymology
From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/
- British English: /pɹəˈkjʊə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
procures (present, singular)
procuring (participle, present)
procured (participle, past)
procured (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
procured (first person, past)
procurest (archaic, present)
procured (past, second person)
procuredst (archaic, past)
procureth (archaic, present)
procured (past, singular)