procure 
By all means it is to be procured , , . that the natural 
subjects of the crown or state bear a sufficient propor- 
tion to the strange subjects. 
Baton, True Greatness of Kingdoms. 
2. To bring about by care and pains; effect; 
contrive and effect ; induce; cause: as, he pro- 
cured a law to be passed. 
The traytor Antenor hade truly no cause 
Ffor to proeur his payne, and his pale harnie. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 11614 
By all means possible they procure to have gold and sil- 
ver among them in reproach and Infamy. 
Sir T. More, I'topia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 6. 
Proceed, Soliuus, to procure my fall. 
Soak., C. of E., i. 1. 1. 
No sought relief 
By all our studies can procure his peace. 
B. Jonton, Sad Shepherd, I. 2. 
I procured 
That rumour to be spread. 
Shirley, Grateful Servant, I. 2. 
Subornation of perjury is the offence of procuring an- 
other to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury in the 
4751 
French lair. 
prodigality 
principal. Blackstane.Com., iv~ i" PrOCTOn (pro'si-on), n. [NL., < L. Procyon, . 
3. To obtain, as by request, loan, effort, labor, P r : "PO^WI the name of a star, or of a constel- 
or purchase ; get ; gain ; come into possession 
of. 
nr, the public prosecutor (procureur proddt, . An obsolete form ot prod, 
du rot or de la republique), corresponding in a prodder (prod'er), . One who prods, 
general way to a district or county attorney in Prodenia (pro-de'ui-8), . [NL. (Guenee, 
the United States. 1852).] A genus of noctuid moths of the sub- 
fhudnofski . . . was put Into a strait-jacket In the family XyUti>htuiinte,h&\\utr the palpi ascending, 
same bastion In the spring of 1878 for insisting upon his 
legal right to have pen and paper for the purpose of writ- 
Ing :i letter of complaint to the Procureur. 
a. Kennan, The Century, XXXV. 527. 
Procureur general, In JVwieA fair, the public prosecu- 
tor-ln-chlef, corresponding In a general way to the attor- 
ney-general In American law, but having supervision over 
the procureurt du rot or de la republique. 
procursive (pro-ker'siv), a. [< L. procursux, 
pp. of procurrere, run forth (< pro, forth, + 
currere, run: see current*), + -ire.] Running 
forward Procursive epilepsy, epilepsy in which the 
flts begin with or consist of a purposeless running forward. 
procurvation (pro-ker-va'shon), n. [< L. pro- 
curvare, pp. procureatug, bend or curve for- 
ward, < pro, forward, + curvare, bend, curve : 
_see curve.'] A bending forward. 
Spklerwort Owlet-moth {.Pre&HiaJlalimtJull. 
a. larva ; *. wings of moth. 
the third joint long-conical, and the posterior 
wings semi-hyaline. It is a wide-spread genus, with 
some SO species of Europe, southern Asia, the Malay archi- 
pelago, Australia, and both Americas. P.Jtariinedia is com 
..fs, Ilk. 
Procure vnto your self suche faithful] frendes as will 
rather stale yo from falllnge. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.), I. 74. 
You desired me lately to procure you Dr. Davles'a Welsh 
Grammar, to axld to those many you have. 
lloweU, Letters, 1. v. 20. 
Go; for yourself procure renown ; . . . 
An' for your lawful King his crown. 
Burnt, Highland Laddie. 
4f. To prevail with unto some end ; lead ; bring. 
Is it my lady mother? . . . 
What unaccustom d cause procures her hither? 
Shak., R. and J., ill. 5. 68. 
Yonder is a pleasant arbour, procure him thither. 
Shirley, Love Tricks, Iv. i 
5f. To solicit; urge earnestly. 
The famous Briton prince and Faery knight . . . 
Of the falre Alma greatly were procur'd 
To make there lenger sojourne and abode. 
Spenser, F. Q,., III. I. 1. 
= Syn. 2. To provide, furnish, secure, compass. 3. Ob- 
tain, etc. See attain. 
II. iii trans. To pander; pimp. 
How doth my dear morsel, thy mistress? Procures she 
till, ha? Shale., M. for M., ill. 2. 58. 
procurement (pro-kur'ineut), . [< OF. ^re- 
latiou, rising a little before the dog-star, < irp6, 
before, + KVOV, dog: see In mini.} 1. (a) An an- 
cient constellation : same as Cants Minor. See 
mon In the United States ; Its larva feeds, like a cutworm, 
on various succulent vegetables. See also cut under oirlrt- 
moth. 
O^a* (V$4'W), [< L. Prodic**, < 
Or. nMiKof, Prodicus: see def.] A member 
of a Gnostic sect founded by Prodicus in the 
second century. 
. < n i < "n^i * i i.i i I.ML . Baiud an i-uritv iziint/f . CHfU T*. j.j .. J . , . . .. ... 
Cam*. (6) The principal star of the constella- Pr , odldom , 1 u d f i / < P, rod ,"!^ om !^ e . )f , \ P h , [N . L ' 
tion Cauis Minor, the eighth brightest, in t,h < Marx ' 1890 >- < Prodidomutt + -ids-.] A family 
' 
tion Cauis Minor, the eighth brightest in the 
heavens. 2. In zool., the typical genus of the 
family Procyonidx, and the only genus of the 
subfamily Procyoitinie, founded by Storrin 1784, 
containing the racoons. See cut under racoon. 
Procyonidae (pro-si-ou'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Procyon (see Procyon, 2) + -idee.] An Ameri- 
can family of plantigrade carnivorous mam- 
mals of the arctoid series of fissiped Feree, rep- 
resented by the genera Procyon and Nasuti, 
respectively the types of its two subfamilies, 
Procyoniiiee and ffosui**, or the racoons and 
coatis. The family was formerly denned with latitude 
enough to Include other procyoniform animals, as the kin- 
kajou and bauarU. It Is now restricted to forms having 
40 teeth, of which the last upper premolar and first lower 
molar are tubercular, and the lower jaw moderate or 
slender, with short symphysis, recurved coronoid process, 
and mandihular angle near the coudyle. " 
of spiders, closely allied to the froctfidf, and 
standing between the superfamilies Ketitelarite 
and Tiibitelnriif. It contains 3 genera, among 
them the North American genus Prodidomus. 
Prodidomus (pro-did'o-mus), M. [NL. (Hentz, 
1849).] A genus of spiders, typical of the fam- 
ily Prodidomidte, confined to" North America. 
The type-species was found in an old cellar. 
prodigt, a. [= F. prodigue = Sp. Pg. It. prodigo, 
< L. prodigux, lavish, wasteful, prodigal, < prodi- 
grre, consume, squander, drive forth, < pro(il-), 
before, forward, + agere, drive.] Same as 7>iv/i- 
(//. [Hare.] 
In a goodly Garden'* alloys smooth, 
prodiy Nature sets abroad h 
Of richest beauties. 
, 
her booth 
coati and racoon, 
procyoniform (pro-si-on'i-fdrm), a. 
(see Procyon, 2) + L. forma, form.] " Racoon- 
like in structure and affinity; belonging to or 
, r -_ ,, ,. ~- . resembling the Procyoniformia. 
curement, < ML^ procuramentum, procurement, Procyoniformia (pro-si-on-i-for'mi-a), n. pi. 
solicitation, < L. procurare, procure: see pro- [NL. : see procyoniform.] A section of the arc- 
toid series of fissiped Fcrie, contrasted with the 
ursiform and mustcliform sections ot Aretoidea. 
Where prodiy Nature sets abr 
hest beauties. 
Sylvester, tr. of l)u Bartas's Weeks, II., Eden. 
[< LL. (ML.) 
: * under prodigal d.rod'i-gal), n. and n. 
[< Procyon j''''(itf/<,_wastef li'h < L.prodigus, wasteful : see 
They have two true lower molars, the last upper molar 
more or less transverse, the carotid canal not behind the 
middle of the inner wall of the auditory bulla, and the 
foramen lacerum posterlus antrorse from the postero-ln- 
U:rnal angle of the tympanic bone. There are 4 fami- 
lies, .Kluriilir of the Old World, and the American Orc-'- 
Irptid/r, Procyanidtr, and Bamarididx. 
Procyoninae (pro'si-o-ni'ue), M. pi. [NL., < 
Procyon + -inte.] A subfamily of Procyonidir, 
represented by the genus Procyon alone, hav- 
ingthe snout short in comparison with Nominee, 
and large inastoid processes and auditory bulla?. 
See cut under racoon. 
procyonine (pro'si-o-nin), a. Racoon-like; of 
cure.] 1. The act of bringing'about, or causing 
to be effected. 
A second Baiazeth, who in his fathers life, by procurement 
of the Janlssayres, and in the hope of their ayue, purposed 
to vsurpe the State and Empyre to him selfe. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 333. 
They think it done 
By her procurement to advance her son. 
Dryden, Aurengrebe, ii. 1. 
The king sends for the Count, but flnds him dead, prob- 
ably by the royal procurement. 
Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 160. 
2. The act of procuring or obtaining; obtaiu- 
ment. 
Shalt not engage thee on a work so much 
Impossible as procurement of her love. 
Shirley, Bird in a Cage, L 1. or pertaining to the Procyonidee or Procyoni- 
procurer (pro-kur'er), n. 1. One who procures formia : as, the procyonine type, 
or obtains; that which brings on or causes to prod (prod), . _ [Formerly ateoprodd; perhaps 
be done. 
Be you rather a hearer and bearer away of other men's 
talk than a beginner or procurer of speech. 
Sir U. Sidney (Arber'sEug. Garner, I. 42). 
If the procurer* of . . . [anew law] have betrayed aeon- 
duct that confesses by-ends and private motives, the dis- 
gust to the circumstances disposes us ... to an irrever- 
ence of the law itself. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 7. 
2f. One who uses means to bring anything 
about, especially one who does so secretly and 
corruptly. 
You are to inquire of wilful and corrupt perjury in any 
of the king's courts: and that as well of the actors as of 
the procurers and suborners. 
Bacon, Charge at Session of the Verge. 
I. a. 1. Given to extravagant expen- 
expending money or other property 
without necessity ; profuse ; lavish ; wasteful : 
said of persons : as, a prodigal man ; the prodi- 
gal son. 
If I would be pndigal of my time and your patience, 
what might not I say? /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 80. 
Free livers on a small scale, who are prodigal within the 
compass of a guinea. Irving, The Stout Gentleman. 
Your wild, wicked, witty prodigal son Is to a spiritual 
huntsman an attractive mark. 
a. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 492. 
2. Profuse; lavish; wasteful: said of things: 
as, a prodigal expenditure of money. 
Or spendthrift's prodigal excess. 
Covper, In Memory of John Thornton. 
3. Very liberal; lavishly bountiful : as, nature 
is}>rodigal of her gifts. 
The chariest maid is prodigal enough 
If she unmask her beauty to the moon. 
Sheik., Hamlet, I. 3. 36. 
Realms of upland, prodigal In oil, 
And hoary to the wind. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
4. Proud. Halliirell. [Prov. Eng.]=gyn. Lav 
iA, Pro/use etc. See extravagant. 
II. M. One who expends money extravagant- 
ly or without necessity; one who is profuse or 
lavish ; a waster ; a spendthrift, with the defi- 
nite article, the prodigal, the term, taken from the ordinary 
chapter-heading, is used to designate the younger son in 
Christ's parable, Luke xv. 11-32. 
A bankrupt, a prodigal, who dare scarce show his head 
on the Rlalto. Shak., M. of V., til. 1. 47. 
The Century, XXXVTI. 265. 
3. One who procures for another the gratifica- pro d (prod), v. t. ; pret. and pp. prodded, ppr. 
tioii of his lust ; a pimp ; a pander. 
Strumpets in their youth turn procurers in their age. 
South, Sermons, II. 183. 
procuress (pro-kur'es), M. [< procure + -egg.] 
A female pimp ; a bawd . 
Hold thou the good : define it well : 
For fear divine Philosophy 
Should push beyond her mark, and be 
Procuress to the Lords of Hell. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Hii. 
procureur (pro-kU-rer'), M. [F. (>G. procureur 
= Russ. j>n>A'H rnrii ).< L. procura tor, procurator: 
see procurator and proctor.] A procurator; es- 
pecially, in some countries, an attorney; in 
a var. of brod, brad.] 1. A pointed (often 
blunt-pointed) weapon or instrument, as a goad 
or an awl. 2. A long wooden pin used to se- 
cure thatch upon a roof. See the quotation. 
A prod (used in thatching amongst North Lancashire 
people) is a wooden pin pointed fine, and Is used for put- 
ting straight into the thatch. It may be a foot or fifteen 
inches long, or even more. JV. and Q., 6th ser., X 193. 
3f. A crossbow used for throwing balls of metal 
or stone. Compare xtone-bow. 4. [<.prod, r.] 
A prick or punch with a pointed or somewhat prodigalise r. See prodigali-e 
blunt instrument ; a poke. prodigality (prod-i-gal'i-ti), n. [= F. prodiqa- 
If a child tittered at going under the confessional tent, Utc = Pr. prodigalitat ="Sp. jtroilitmlidad Pe 
Its mother gave it a rear prod wlth_admonishing hand. ,,,,//,/,, = 'l t . prodiJJrt. < ll. od~igaH- 
ta(t-)n, wastefulness/ (ML.) nroilii/nlix, waste- 
ful, lavish: see prodigal.] 1. The quality of 
being prodigal ; extravagance in expenditure, 
._.. particularly of money; profusion; waste. 
sand before her with her parasol 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, L 10. 
Hungarian soldiers who may have soon afterward prod- 
ded their Danish fellow-beings all the more effectively for 
that day's training. Howellf, Venetian Life, xv. 
prodding. [<.prorf,n.] To prick or punch with 
a pointed instrument ; goad ; poke. 
The lady has prodded little spirting holes in the damp 
ol. 
prodatary (pro-da'ta-ri), n. ; pi. prodaUtrie* 
(-riz). [< NL. prodatarius, < L. pro, for, + 
ML. datariux, a datary: see tfafnryi.] The title 
borne by the officer who presides over the office 
of the datary at Rome, when of the rank of a 
cardinal. 
It Is not always so obvious to distinguish between an 
act of liberality and an act of prodigality. South. 
If a man by notorious prodigality was in danger of 
wasting his estate, he was looked upon as non compos 
and committed to the care of curators or tutors by tli. 
pnetor. Blackstone, Com., I. Till. 
2. Excessive or profuse liberality. 
A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman, 
Framed in the prodigality of nature. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 2. 444. 
= Syn. 1. Wastefulness. lavlthnesa, squandering. Seer- 
Irarapant. 
