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Procure

To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan.

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Broader term 5

Cater 76% connected

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Obtain 76% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Copyright 76% connected

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This rig…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engage 76% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlist 76% connected

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Patent 76% connected

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suborn 76% connected

To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Procurement 74% connected

The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Procurement 74% connected

The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Procurer 74% connected

One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Procurer 74% connected

One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Pander 92% connected

A male bawd; a pimp; a procurer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Pimp 92% connected

One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Secure 92% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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