Literary notes about Procured (AI summary)
In literature, "procured" is employed to highlight the deliberate act of obtaining—as well as the effort and sometimes ingenuity involved in securing both tangible and abstract necessities. It appears when a character gathers essential resources, such as water for a journey ([1]) or paint to ornament a room ([2]), and when formal or political means are used to secure dignified privileges, like acquiring a senate act ([3]) or procuring beneficial introductions ([4]). Authors also use the term to convey the nuanced acquisition of intangible assets, whether establishing influence ([5], [6]) or obtaining necessary assistance in dire circumstances ([7], [8]). This versatility underscores how procurement is not merely about possession, but about the pathways and choices that shape a narrative's progression.
- But he was very glad, in spite of this, that he had procured the water, and he journeyed homeward, and passed again where the Dwarf stood.
— from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - With colours procured in the same manner, he had painted every inch of the walls and ceiling quite beautifully.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens - He procured an act of the senate to prohibit all soldiers from attending senators at their houses, in the way of respect and compliment.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - He procured an introduction to her, and requested her patronage in his endeavour to discover the philosopher’s stone.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay - “I have, though in a despised weed, procured the good of all men.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon - By exercising his agency with ruthless defiance he procured for himself the appearances of power and personal prestige.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - Mademoiselle Giraud was a quilter, and sometimes worked at Madam Galley’s, which procured her free admission to the house.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Edna opened the blotter, and having procured paper and pen, began to write the note.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
