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Seek (?), a. Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s&ē;can, s&ē;cean; akin to OS. s&ō;kian, LG. s&ö;ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. sækja, Sw. s&ö;ka, Dan. s&ö;ge, Goth. s&ō;kjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
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The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren.
Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16.
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2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.
Luke xi. 16.
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3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal.
Amos v. 5.
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Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
Pope.
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Seek (?), v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read.
Isa. xxxiv. 16.
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To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. “Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek.” Milton. [Obs.] -- To seek after, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take. -- To seek for, to endeavor to find. -- To seek to, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.] “All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom.” 1 Kings x. 24. -- To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs.]
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To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest.
Chaucer.
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