different between procuress vs procure
procuress
English
Etymology
From Old French procureresse (compare French procureuse), corresponding to procure +? -ess
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /p???kj????s/
Noun
procuress (plural procuresses)
- A middlewoman : a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.
- A female procurer.
- 1905, W. Somerset Maugham, The Land of The Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia, "Puerta del Puente":
- The Spaniard, who will seduce any girl he can, is pitiless under like circumstances to his own womenkind; so there is much weeping, the girl is turned out of doors and falls readily into the hands of the procuress. In the brothels of Seville or of Madrid she finds at least a roof and bread to eat.
- 1905, W. Somerset Maugham, The Land of The Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia, "Puerta del Puente":
Translations
Anagrams
- percussor
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procure
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)
- (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.
- (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- (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.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Thomas More, Utopia
- (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
- (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
- first-person singular present indicative of procurer
- third-person singular present indicative of procurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
- second-person singular imperative of procurer
Italian
Noun
procure f
- plural of procura
Portuguese
Verb
procure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
- first-person singular imperative of procurar
- third-person singular imperative of procurar
Spanish
Verb
procure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of procurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of procurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of procurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of procurar.
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