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Procured vs Acquired - What's the difference?

procured | acquired |

As verbs the difference between procured and acquired

is that procured is past tense of procure while acquired is past tense of acquire.

As an adjective acquired is

developed postfetally; not congenital.

procured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (procure)

    • Anagrams

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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

    Related terms

    * procurement * procurer * procuress

    References

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    acquired

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (acquire)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital.