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PROCURE

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procure verb A. tranzitiv

1. a procura, a achiziţiona, a obţine, a dobândi;

to procure smth. for smb. a procura ceva pentru cineva;

to smth. (for oneself) a-şi procura ceva;

he endeavoured to procure employment a căutat să obţină o slujbă;

this book is very difficult to procure această carte e foarte greu de procurat.

2. a pricinui, a cauza, a determina (un rezultat etc.);

to procure smb.’s death a pricinui moartea cuiva.

3. a ademeni (o femeie, o fată) în^, vederea prostituţiei.

procure verb B. intranzitiv

a umbla cu codoşlâc, a face oficiul de codoş.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It was known that they were a little acquainted; but not a syllable of real information could Emma procure as to what he truly was.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“But is it not very natural,” observed Edmund, “that Mrs. Grant should wish to procure so agreeable a visitor for her sister?”

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Yes,—I left London this morning at eight o'clock, and the only ten minutes I have spent out of my chaise since that time procured me a nuncheon at Marlborough.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I procured him a double supply, and left him as happy a man as, I suppose, any in the world.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

‘Enter,’ said De Lacey, ‘and I will try in what manner I can to relieve your wants; but, unfortunately, my children are from home, and as I am blind, I am afraid I shall find it difficult to procure food for you.’

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But my uncle was by no means to be persuaded, and he drove the pair into Crawley, where the smith was left under the charge of his wife in the very best quarters which money could procure.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A hansom was procured with such precaution as would prevent its being one which was placed ready for us, and I drove immediately after breakfast to the Lowther Arcade, through which I hurried at the top of my speed.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They came also for a stroll till breakfast was likely to be ready; but Louisa recollecting, immediately afterwards that she had something to procure at a shop, invited them all to go back with her into the town.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

She said no more, and they went down the other dance and parted in silence; and on each side dissatisfied, though not to an equal degree, for in Darcy's breast there was a tolerably powerful feeling towards her, which soon procured her pardon, and directed all his anger against another.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Oh! my dear, we cannot begin too early; you are not aware of the difficulty of procuring exactly the desirable thing.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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