All 4 Uses of
procure
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
- 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.†
Chpt 13 *procured = got by special effort
- "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."†
Chpt 17
- 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.†
Chpt 23
- Edna opened the blotter, and having procured paper and pen, began to write the note.†
Chpt 34procured = got by special effort
Definition:
get by special effort