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Procured vs Utilized - What's the difference?

procured | utilized |

As verbs the difference between procured and utilized

is that procured is past tense of procure while utilized is past tense of utilize.

As an adjective utilized is

being used.

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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    utilized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * utilise

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Being used.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (utilize)