different between procure vs rep

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Clippings of various words beginning with rep.

Noun

rep (plural reps)

1. (informal) Clipping of reputation.
2. (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.

3. (informal) Clipping of representative.
4. (theater) Clipping of repertory.

5. (military, in combination) Clipping of report.

Translations

Verb

rep (third-person singular simple present reps, present participle repping, simple past and past participle repped)

1. To represent; to act as a representative for.
2. (knitting) repeat

Etymology 2

Back-formation from reps, misinterpreted as a plural.

Alternative forms

• repp

Noun

rep (countable and uncountable, plural reps)

1. (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface. [from 19th c.]

Translations

Anagrams

• EPR, ERP, PER, Per., RPE, per, per-, per., pre, pre-

Catalan

Verb

rep

1. third-person singular present indicative form of rebre
2. second-person singular imperative form of rebre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p

Verb

rep

1. first-person singular present indicative of reppen
2. imperative of reppen

Anagrams

• per

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• reip (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse reip

Noun

rep n (definite singular repet, indefinite plural rep, definite plural repa or repene)

1. a rope

Synonyms

• tau

References

• “rep” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *r?p?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rê?p/

Noun

r?p m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. tail

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *r?p?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??p/, /ré?p/

Noun

r?p or r??p m inan

1. tail

Inflection

Further reading

• “rep”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *raip?, *raipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?p/, [?re??p]
• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

rep n

1. rope

Declension

See also

• lina
• snöre
• tråd
• tåg

Anagrams

• Per, per