"procure" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pɹəˈkjʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈkjɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/ [General-American], /pɹəˈkjɝ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-procure.ogg [US], en-au-procure.ogg [Australia] Forms: procures [present, singular, third-person], procuring [participle, present], procured [participle, past], procured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre, present active infinitive of Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“I care for”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷeys-}}, {{inh|en|enm|procuren}} Middle English procuren, {{der|en|fro|procurer}} Old French procurer, {{der|en|LL.|prōcūrāre}} Late Latin prōcūrāre, {{der|en|la|prōcūrō||I manage, administer}} Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”), {{m|la|prō||on behalf of}} prō (“on behalf of”), {{m|la|cūrō||I care for}} cūrō (“I care for”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} procure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)
  1. (transitive) To acquire or obtain. Tags: transitive Synonyms: get, gain, acquire, attain, obtain Translations (to acquire or obtain an item or service): κτάομαι (ktáomai) (Ancient Greek), πορίζομαι (porízomai) (Ancient Greek), получавам (polučavam) (Bulgarian), набавям си (nabavjam si) (Bulgarian), 獲得 (Chinese Cantonese), 获得 (wok⁶ dak¹) (Chinese Cantonese), verwerven (Dutch), verkrijgen (Dutch), hankkia (Finnish), acquérir (French), obtenir (French), beschaffen (German), erwerben (German), besorgen (German), aufbringen (German), verschaffen (German), beibringen (German), beszerez (Hungarian), szerez (Hungarian), megszerez (Hungarian), szert tesz (Hungarian), procurare (Italian), approvvigionare (Italian), acquistare (Italian), ottenere (Italian), haha (Maori), kaitaonga (Maori), skaffe (Norwegian Bokmål), tilveiebringe (Norwegian Bokmål), obter (Portuguese), conseguir (Portuguese), достава́ть (dostavátʹ) (Russian), добыва́ть (dobyvátʹ) (Russian), लभते (labhate) (Sanskrit), skaffa (Swedish), införskaffa (Swedish), anskaffa (Swedish), täk- (Tocharian B), דערקאַזשען (derkazhen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-procure-en-verb-NodvJxkY Disambiguation of 'to acquire or obtain an item or service': 71 18 2 3 1 4
  2. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else. Tags: transitive Synonyms: buy, purchase Translations (to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else): своднича (svodniča) (Bulgarian), parittaa (Finnish), proxénétisme [masculine] (French), zuführen (German), kuppeln (German), vermitteln (German), kerít (Hungarian), сводничать (svodničatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-procure-en-verb-Hn0PYJJ0 Disambiguation of 'to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else': 10 83 1 1 0 5
  3. (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Criminal law Translations (to induce or persuade someone to do something): yllyttää (Finnish), anstiften (German), verleiten (German), überreden (German), stręczyć [imperfective] (Polish), подгова́ривать (podgovárivatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-procure-en-verb-Iwrsed1J Disambiguation of 'to induce or persuade someone to do something': 2 1 81 11 2 3
  4. (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-procure-en-verb-WLO113i5
  5. (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-procure-en-verb-WPz3lkTf
  6. (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-procure-en-verb-EnZ6rA1T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 29 3 5 2 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: procurement, procurer, procuress, proxy

Inflected forms

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          "word": "acquérir"
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "beschaffen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "erwerben"
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "besorgen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "aufbringen"
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          "code": "grc",
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          "roman": "ktáomai",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "porízomai",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "πορίζομαι"
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "beszerez"
        },
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "szert tesz"
        },
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "procurare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "approvvigionare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "acquistare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "ottenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "haha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "kaitaonga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "skaffe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "tilveiebringe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "obter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "conseguir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dostavátʹ",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "достава́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dobyvátʹ",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "добыва́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "labhate",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "लभते"
        },
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          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "skaffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "införskaffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "anskaffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "täk-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 18 2 3 1 4",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "derkazhen",
          "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
          "word": "דערקאַזשען"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else."
      ],
      "id": "en-procure-en-verb-Hn0PYJJ0",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "buy"
        },
        {
          "word": "purchase"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svodniča",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "своднича"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "parittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "proxénétisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "zuführen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "kuppeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "vermitteln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "kerít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 83 1 1 0 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svodničatʹ",
          "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
          "word": "сводничать"
        }
      ]
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        "(transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something."
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          "_dis1": "2 1 81 11 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
          "word": "yllyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 81 11 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
          "word": "anstiften"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 81 11 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
          "word": "verleiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 81 11 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
          "word": "überreden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 81 11 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "stręczyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 81 11 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podgovárivatʹ",
          "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
          "word": "подгова́ривать"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1551, Thomas More, translated by Ralph Robinson, Utopia",
          "text": "By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.",
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        "To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause."
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        "(obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause."
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      "tags": [
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To solicit; to entreat."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "entreat",
          "entreat"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To solicit; to entreat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 29 3 5 2 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to come; to bring; to attract."
      ],
      "id": "en-procure-en-verb-EnZ6rA1T",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjɔː/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
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        "Australia"
      ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷeys-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
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      "name": "root"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "procurer"
      },
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        "2": "LL.",
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      },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "I care for"
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      "name": "m"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "procuring",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "procured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "procurement"
    },
    {
      "word": "procurer"
    },
    {
      "word": "procuress"
    },
    {
      "word": "proxy"
    }
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  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To acquire or obtain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acquire",
          "acquire"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To acquire or obtain."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get"
        },
        {
          "word": "gain"
        },
        {
          "word": "acquire"
        },
        {
          "word": "attain"
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        {
          "word": "obtain"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "buy"
        },
        {
          "word": "purchase"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Criminal law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To induce or persuade someone to do something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "criminal law",
          "criminal law"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "criminal law",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1551, Thomas More, translated by Ralph Robinson, Utopia",
          "text": "By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To solicit; to entreat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "solicit",
          "solicit"
        ],
        [
          "entreat",
          "entreat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To solicit; to entreat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to come; to bring; to attract."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjɔː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈkjɝ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    },
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polučavam",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "получавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabavjam si",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "набавям си"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "獲得"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "wok⁶ dak¹",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "获得"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "verwerven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "verkrijgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "hankkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "acquérir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "obtenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "beschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "erwerben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "besorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "aufbringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "verschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "beibringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ktáomai",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "κτάομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "porízomai",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "πορίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "beszerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "szerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "megszerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "szert tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "procurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "approvvigionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "acquistare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "ottenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "haha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "kaitaonga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "skaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "tilveiebringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "obter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "conseguir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostavátʹ",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "достава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobyvátʹ",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "добыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "labhate",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "लभते"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "skaffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "införskaffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "anskaffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "täk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "derkazhen",
      "sense": "to acquire or obtain an item or service",
      "word": "דערקאַזשען"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svodniča",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "своднича"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "parittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proxénétisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "zuführen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "kuppeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "vermitteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "kerít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svodničatʹ",
      "sense": "to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else",
      "word": "сводничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
      "word": "yllyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
      "word": "anstiften"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
      "word": "verleiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
      "word": "überreden"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "stręczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podgovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to induce or persuade someone to do something",
      "word": "подгова́ривать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "procure"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Dutch: verwerven (nl) (1); aanschaffen (nl) (2), schaffen (nl)",
  "path": [
    "procure"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "procure",
  "trace": ""
}

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