Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRO-CURE', v.t. [Fr. procurer; It. procurare; Sp. procurar; L. procuro; pro and curo, to take care. But the French only has the sense of the English word. In the sense of manage, it is never used.]

1. To get; to gain; to obtain; as by request, loan, effort, labor or purchase. We procure favors by request; we procure money by borrowing; we procure food by cultivating the earth; offices are procured by solicitation or favor; we procure titles to estate by purchase. It is used of things of temporary possession more generally than acquire. We do not say, we acquired favor; we acquired money by borrowing, but we procured.
2. To persuade; to prevail on. What unaccustom'd cause procures her hither. [Unusual.] – Shak.
3. To cause; to bring about; to effect; to contrive and effect. Proceed, Salinus, to procure my fall. – Shak.
4. To cause to come on; to bring on. We no other pains endure / Than those that we ourselves procure. – Dryden.
5. To draw to; to attract; to gain. Modesty procures love and respect.