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# procure

verb (procure, procures, procured, procuring)

«procure» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To procure means to get or obtain something, often with some effort: "they procured food for the journey". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#m1)
2. (formal) To procure supplies for a company or a government means to buy them officially. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#m2)

### In the lessons

In formal writing and exam language, "procure" is a stiff word for get or buy. In stories, adventurers procure maps, horses and supplies. Phrases: procure supplies, procure food, procure funds.

### Examples

- The explorers procured food and water for the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x1)
- The school procured new laptops for every class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x2)
- She managed to procure two tickets for the sold-out show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x3)
- The army procured more boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x4)
- We need to procure a few more chairs for the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x5)
- The detective procured a copy of the letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x6)
- "Tell me, and I will procure the pearl." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday words: get, buy, find. Noun: procurement (buying for a company or government). Past: procured.

## In Jewish tradition

In these verses it means to bring something on oneself, usually harm.

**Interpretation.** The prophets teach that people bring trouble on themselves by their own wrong deeds. This is why they urge repentance.

### Examples

- Thus might we procure great evil against our own souls.' (Prophets JER.26.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/procure/#x1)
- Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart. (Prophets JER.4.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/procure/#x2)

### Note

Formal; everyday words: get, buy, find. Noun: procurement (buying for a company or government). Past: procured.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «procure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«procure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/procure.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «procure» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/procure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«procure» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/procure.html) on Mova free.