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advertising, declaring, broadcasting, publishing, promulgating,
heralding, making known, bruiting about: The proclamation of
his appointment as Chancellor came at a bad time.
procrastinate
v. 1 temporize, act evasively, play for time, dally, delay,
stall; postpone, defer, put off or aside, shelve, US table: I
wish he would stop procrastinating and say what he plans to do.
2 hesitate, pause, waver, vacillate, be undecided, equivocate,
tergiversate, shilly-shally: Helen procrastinates every time
she is faced with making a decision.
procure v. 1 obtain, acquire, get, come by, secure, get or lay one's
hands on, get (a) hold of, gain, win, come into, pick up, find,
appropriate, requisition; buy, purchase: I have been trying to
procure early editions of Defoe's works. 2 accomplish, bring
about, effect, cause, produce: Using every resource available
to her, she finally procured his release.
procurer n. pander or panderer, pimp, White slaver, flesh-pedlar or US
also flesh-peddler or flesh-pedler, Archaic whoremaster, bawd;
madam, procuress: He became a procurer for the wealthy men in
the village.
prod v. 1 jab, dig, poke, nudge, elbow: Every time the comedian
said something risqu‚, Aunt Flora would giggle and prod me in
the ribs. 2 spur, urge, impel, egg on, push, thrust, prompt,
rouse, stir, incite, move, motivate, actuate, activate, provoke,
encourage, stimulate: My uncle keeps prodding me to continue
with my studies. 3 incite, goad, needle, irritate, irk, annoy,
pester, harass, hector, badger, plague, nag, hound, carp at,
cavil; henpeck: My parents are constantly prodding me to go out
and get a job.
--n. 4 jab, dig, poke, nudge, elbow, push: I was quite black
and blue from those prods I was getting from Aunt Flora. 5 goad,
spur; needle, rowel: These days electrified cattle prods are
available. 6 stimulus, push, prompt, reminder, signal, cue:
Calvin needed that prod to make him finally go home after the
party.
prodigal adj. 1 wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, lavish, excessive,
profligate, squandering, immoderate, intemperate, wanton,