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Definition
get by special effort
- He was childishly gratified to discover her appetite, and to see the relish with which she ate the food which he had procured for her.Chapter 13 (83% in)
- "It seems to me," he said, "we spend money enough in this house to procure at least one meal a day which a man could eat and retain his self-respect."Chapter 17 (63% in)
- He had even invented some, to which he had given fantastic names, and for whose manufacture he required diverse ingredients that it devolved upon Edna to procure for him.Chapter 23 (52% in)
- Edna opened the blotter, and having procured paper and pen, began to write the note.Chapter 34 (72% in)
There are no more uses of "procure" in The Awakening.
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