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Procere vs Procure - What's the difference?

procere | procure |

In obsolete terms the difference between procere and procure

is that procere is of high stature; tall while procure is to cause to come; to bring; to attract.

As an adjective procere

is of high stature; tall.

As a verb procure is

to acquire or obtain.

procere

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of high stature; tall.
  • * 1664 , John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber
  • Such lignous and woody plants as are hard of substance, procere of stature, that are thick and solid, and stiffly adhere to the ground on which they stand.
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    procure

    English

    Verb

    (procur)
  • To acquire or obtain.
  • * Milton
  • if we procure not to ourselves more woe
  • *
  • Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured , no one was able to imagine.
  • To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
  • (criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
  • (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
  • By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.
  • (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
  • * Spenser
  • The famous Briton prince and faery knight, / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there longer sojourn and abode.
  • (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
  • * Shakespeare
  • What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?

    Synonyms

    * (acquire) obtain * (obtain a prostitute) buy, purchase

    References

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