All 6 Uses of
procure
in
Selected Tales, by Poe
- I remembered where was deposited a decanter of light wine which had been ordered by her physicians, and hastened across the chamber to procure it.†
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- Observing my partiality for domestic pets, she lost no opportunity of procuring those of the most agreeable kind.†
Scene 2 *procuring = getting by special effort
- Having procured mortar, sand, and hair, with every possible precaution, I prepared a plaster which could not be distinguished from the old, and with this I very carefully went over the new brickwork.†
Scene 2procured = got by special effort
- By courtesy of his creditors, there still remained in his possession a small remnant of his patrimony; and, upon the income arising from this, he managed, by means of a rigorous economy, to procure the necessaries of life, without troubling himself about its superfluities.†
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- After some delay, occasioned by a fruitless attempt to procure admission in the usual manner, the gateway was broken in with a crowbar, and eight or ten of the neighbors entered accompanied by two gendarmes.†
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- The police are at fault—they have failed to procure the slightest clew.†
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Definition:
get by special effort