procure UK /pɹəˈkjʊə/US /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/ verb6 •To acquire or obtain.if we procure not to ourselves more woe — 1667 •To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else. •To induce or persuade someone to do something. •(no longer used) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach. — 1551 •(no longer used) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.What unaccustomed cause procures her hither? — 1591 •(no longer used) To solicit; to entreat.The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode. — 1590 formsprocured · procuring · procures · procureth · procurest