Thursday, April 03, 2008

To Procure?

Lol, I was surfing m-w.com to use the online dictionary to check out the word procure. Ahem.. My sentence "...to assist in the procurement ... " i was't too sure if it was the procurement or procuring so i looked it up and this is what i found : procure
Main Entry:
pro·cure Listen to the pronunciation of procure
Pronunciation:
\prə-ˈkyr, prō-\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
pro·cured; pro·cur·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French procurer, from Late Latin procurare, from Latin, to take care of, from pro- for + cura care
Date:
14th century
transitive verb1 a: to get possession of : obtain by particular care and effort b: to get and make available for promiscuous sexual intercourse

I just had to share this.

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