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Webster 1913 Edition
Procurer
Pro-cur′er
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
procureur
.] 1.
One who procures, or obtains; one who, or that which, brings on, or causes to be done, esp. by corrupt means.
2.
One who procures the gratification of lust for another; a pimp; a pander.
South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Procurer
PROCU'RER
,Noun.
1.
A pimp; a pander.Definition 2024
procurer
procurer
English
Noun
procurer (plural procurers)
- A person who procures or obtains things, especially one who procures customers for prostitutes.
Translations
one who procures customers for prostitutes
Synonyms
French
Etymology
From Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre, present active infinitive of prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”), from Latin prō (“on behalf of”) with cūrō (“I care for”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/
Verb
procurer
Conjugation
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | procurer | avoir procuré | |||||
| gerund | en procurant | en ayant procuré | |||||
| present participle | procurant /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | procuré /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procures /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procurons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
procurent /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
| imperfect | procurais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurait /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
procurions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procuriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁje/ |
procuraient /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | procurai /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
procuras /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procura /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procurâmes /pʁɔ.ky.ʁam/ |
procurâtes /pʁɔ.ky.ʁat/ |
procurèrent /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | procurerai /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
procureras /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
procurera /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁa/ |
procurerons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurerez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁe/ |
procureront /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | procurerais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerais /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerait /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
procurerions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procureriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁje/ |
procureraient /pʁɔ.ky.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procures /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
procurions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁjɔ̃/ |
procuriez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁje/ |
procurent /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
procurasse /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
procurasses /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
procurât /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/ |
procurassions /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
procurassiez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa.sje/ |
procurassent /pʁɔ.ky.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | procure /pʁɔ.kyʁ/ |
— | procurons /pʁɔ.ky.ʁɔ̃/ |
procurez /pʁɔ.ky.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Etymology
Verb
procurer
- to procure (to get; to obtain)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of procurer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | procurer | avoir procuré | |||||
| gerund | en procurant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | procurant | ||||||
| past participle | procuré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | procur | procures | procure | procurons | procurez | procurent |
| imperfect | procuroie, procureie, procuroe, procureve | procuroies, procureies, procuroes, procureves | procuroit, procureit, procurot, procureve | procuriiens, procuriens | procuriiez, procuriez | procuroient, procureient, procuroent, procurevent | |
| preterite | procurai | procuras | procura | procurames | procurastes | procurerent | |
| future | procurerai | procureras | procurera | procurerons | procureroiz, procurereiz, procurerez | procureront | |
| conditional | procureroie, procurereie | procureroies, procurereies | procureroit, procurereit | procureriiens, procureriens | procureriiez, procureriez | procureroient, procurereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | procur | procurs | procurt | procurons | procurez | procurent |
| imperfect | procurasse | procurasses | procurast | procurissons, procurissiens | procurissoiz, procurissez, procurissiez | procurassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | procure | — | procurons | procurez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (procurer, supplement)
- procurer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub