SEEKING

seeking

(noun) an attempt to acquire or gain something

quest, seeking

(noun) the act of searching for something; “a quest for diamonds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

seeking (plural seekings)

The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.

Adjective

seeking (not comparable)

(in combination) That seeks something specified.

Verb

seeking

present participle of seek

Anagrams

• skeeing

Source: Wiktionary

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SEEK

Seek, a.

Definition: Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] Etym: [OE, seken, AS. s, s; akin to OS. s, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s, Sw. söka, Dan. söge, Goth. s, 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. The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15,16.

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.

3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope.

Seek, v. i.

Definition: To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated. "Unpracticed, unpreparated, 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.] To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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