Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Seek
Seek
,Adj.
Sick.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Seek
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sought
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seeking
.] 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 beseech.
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 life4.
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
,Verb.
I.
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, 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.]
To seek
Upon
a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seek
SEEK
,Verb.
T.
1. To go in searh or quest of; to look for; to search for by going from place to place.
The man asked him, saying, what seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethen.
Gen. 37.
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to endeavor to find or gain by any means.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. Ps. 104.
He found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Heb. 12