| 单词 |
procurance |
| 释义 |
procurance|prəʊˈkjʊərəns| [f. procure v. + -ance.] The action of procuring; the action by which something is attained or brought about; agency. So also † proˈcurancy Obs. rare—1, agency, advocacy.
1533Edw. VI Let. Bp. Ridley 9 June in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) II. xxii. 421 We will and command you, that neither you nor any for you, or by your procurancie..shall admit him. 1559Mir. Mag. (1563) G vij, He thought it best by polytyke procurance, To prive the kyng and so restore hys frend. 1844G. S. Faber Eight Dissert. (1845) II. 101 A knowledge of the Hebrew Law was brought into China during the Seventy Years Captivity, either by the procurance of Laou-sze himself, or in consequence of the emigration of this very Colony. 1887J. C. Robinson Let. Sir J. Donnelly 7 Apr. in Daily News (1897) 26 Oct. 3/2 Acquisitions..which by procurance have..enriched the South Kensington Museum. |

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