procurement

[Eng. procure; -ment.] 1. The act of procuring, gaining, or obtaining; obtainment, attainment. *2. The act of causing or effecting. "Done by his consent and procurement."- Goldinge Cæsar, fol. 16. pro-cür-er, *pro-cur-our, subst . [English pro cur(e); -er.] 1. One who procures or obtains. *2. One who causes or effects; one who uses means to bring anything about, especially one who uses secret or corrupt means. 3. One who procures for another the gratification of his lust; a pimp, a pander. "A statesman stooping to the wicked and shameful part of a procurer." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. proc-u-rě , pro cür ě , subst . [English pro cur(e); -e .) A female pimp; a bawd. *prō-cur-vā-tion, s. [Pref. pro- , and Eng. cur vation (q. v.).] A bending or curving forward. Pró-çỹ-on, prō-çy-on, s . [Latin, from Greek Prokyōna dogstar.] 1. Astron. ( of the form Procyon): A star of the first magnitude in Canis Minor. It may be found by drawing a line through Orion's belt and Sirius, and another from Sirius upward at right angles to it; the latter will cut Procyon. It has a blue color, and is a binary star. 2. Zool. (of the form procyon): Raccoon (q. v.); the typical genus of the family Procyonide. Body 3252 stout; head broad behind, with pointed muzzle; limbs plantigrade, but in walking the entire sole is not applied to the ground, as it is when the animal is standing. Tail non-prehensile. There are two well-defined species: Procyon lot or , from North, and P. cancrivorus , from South America. The specific name of the former has reference to the animal's habit of dipping all its food, except meat, in water, before eating it. Prof. Mivart ( Proc . Zool . Soc ., 1885, p. 347) adds a third species, P. nigripes, distinguished from P. cancrivorus by having darker feet. 3. Palæont.: From the Pliocene or Post-Pliocene deposits of Illinois and Carolina. prō-çỹ-on-i-dæ, s. pl. [Modern Lat. procyon; Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zool .: A family of Arctoid Mammals of exclusively American habitat, ranging from British Columbia and Canada, in the north, to Paraguay and the limits of the tropical forests in the south. There are five genera: Procyon, Ba aris, Ba a ricy on, Nasua, and Cercoleptes. [PROCYON, NASUA.] prō-çỹ-ô-nine, a. [Mod. Lat. procyon; Eng. suff.-ine.] Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, the Procyonide (q. v.). prod (1), s. [The same word as BROD (2), s.] 1. A pointed instrument or weapon, as a goad, an awl, . "At the other end a sharp steel prod ."-London Daily Telegraph . 2. A prick with a pointed instrument; a stab. *prod (2), s . [PRODD.] prod, v. t. [PROD (1), 8.] To prick with a prod or pointed instrument; to goad. "Shall I prod him with my spear?" H. Taylor: Eve of St. Clement. *prodd, *prod (2), 8. [Etym. doubtful.] A kind of light cro -bow for killing deer. Pro-dic-ian (ca h), s . [See def.] Church Hist . ( pl .): A body of Antinomian Gnostics, who took their name from Prodicus, a heretic of the second century, the founder of the Adamites (q.v.). prod-1-gal, *prod-i-gall, a ., s. & adv. [O. Fr. prodigal , from Low Lat. prodigal is , from Latin prodigus wasteful, from prodigo to drive forth or away: prod- (= pro -)=forward, and ago to drive; Sp., Port., & Ital. prodigo .] A. As adjective : 1. Given to extravagant or exce ive expenditure; expending money wastefully or without nece ity; wasteful, lavish, extravagant, profuse. (Said of persons.) "As amusing as the prodigal son of the family generally is in his conversation and career."- London Daily Telegraph. 2. Characterized by extravagance or wastefulne ; lavish, profuse. (Said of things.) 3. Very liberal; lavishly bountiful. "Prodigal of thanks."- Daniel : Civil Wars , ii. *4. Exce ive, superabundant. "Oppre ion of their prodigal weight." Shakesp.: Richard II., iii. 4. B. As subst.: One who expends money extrava produce