pro·cure

(prō-kyo͝or′, prə-)

v. pro·cured, pro·cur·ing, pro·cures

v.tr.

1. To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.

2. To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.

3. To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

v.intr.

To obtain sexual partners for others.

[Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, to take care of, from Latin prōcūrāre : prō-, for; see pro-¹ + cūrāre, to care for (from cūra, care; see cure).]

pro·cur′a·ble adj.

pro·cur′ance, pro·cure′ment n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

procurable - capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent are obtainable"

getable, gettable, obtainable

available - obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long"

procurable

adjective

Capable of being obtained or used:

acquirable, attainable, available, gettable, obtainable.

Idioms: on hand, to be had.

Translations

procurabile

procurable

[prəˈkjʊərəbl] ADJ (frm) → asequible
easily procurable → muy asequible

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procurable

adj → erhältlich, zu beschaffen pred

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Reservoirs firmly fixed contained water and the necessary provisions; and fire and light were procurable by means of gas, contained in a special reservoir under a pressure of several atmospheres.

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It happened that she made by far the finest cocktail procurable in that large city where drink-mixing on the part of the foreign population was indeed an art.

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First I thought of balloons; but, of course, I had to give that idea up, for balloons were not procurable. I thought of several other expedients, but upon consideration discarded them, for cause.

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Gaynsforth, who was still somewhat subdued, commanded the best supper procurable on these lines.

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When he came back all inconvenient emotion had been disposed of, and, having delivered a box of the hottest mustard procurable for money, he departed to "blow up" Mac, that being his next duty in his opinion.

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