| 释义 |
† forˈseek, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + seek.]
trans. To seek thoroughly, seek out.
a1300Sarmun 50 in E.E.P. (1862) 2 Þe wormis þat hit habbiþ al for-soȝt. 1584Greene Carde of Fancie Wks. (Grosart) IV. 161 To deuise his destruction which simply foresought thy preferment. 1614J. Davies Eclog. 98 Wks. (Grosart) II. 20/1 Vartue it's sed (and is an old said saw) Is for hur selfe, to be forsought alone.
b. To weary (oneself) with seeking.
a1300Cursor M. 17597 Þair sandes come again vn-spedd Þai war for-soght þam vp and dun. |