different between procure vs regain

English

Etymology

From Old French procurer, from Late Latin pr?c?r?re, present active infinitive of Latin pr?c?r? (“I manage, administer”), from pr? (“on behalf of”) + c?r? (“I care for”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???kj??/, /p???kj??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???kj??/, /p???kj?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

procure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)

1. (transitive) To acquire or obtain.
   • Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.

2. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
3. (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
4. (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
   • 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Thomas More, Utopia

     By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.

5. (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
6. (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

Synonyms

• (acquire): obtain
• (obtain a prostitute): buy, purchase

Related terms

• procurement
• procurer
• procuress
• proxy

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “procure”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• crouper

French

Verb

procure

1. first-person singular present indicative of procurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of procurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
5. second-person singular imperative of procurer

Italian

Noun

procure f

1. plural of procura

Portuguese

Verb

procure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
3. first-person singular imperative of procurar
4. third-person singular imperative of procurar

Spanish

Verb

procure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of procurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of procurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of procurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of procurar.

English

Etymology

From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). Surface etymology is re- +? gain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i???e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: re?gain

Verb

regain (third-person singular simple present regains, present participle regaining, simple past and past participle regained)

1. (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

Translations

Anagrams

• Gainer, Gearin, Reagin, Regina, anigre, earing, gainer, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regian, regina

French

Noun

regain m (uncountable)

1. second crop (typically of grass)
2. renewal
3. upsurge

References

• “regain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).