To go in search or quest of; to try to find, look for (either a particular object—person, thing, or place—whose whereabouts are unknown, or an…

To seek for, search after.

transitive. To seek, seek for.

figurative and gen. intransitive. To search, seek (after or for anything), esp. with eagerness and exertion.

to seek after. To go in quest of, look for; to try to find, reach, or obtain; †to pursue in order to hurt. Now chiefly in passive: To be desired or…

transitive. To seek after, search for, try to get. Obsolete.

To enquire; to seek, look for; to enquire into (a matter); to search (a place), explore (a track). Also const. of, to enquire about, hence, to…

transitive. To search for, seek out; to conduct a search of; to search for and find; to approach. Also figurative (of a disease, etc.): to attack…

to seek for. To look for, try to find or obtain, etc. (An equivalent for the transitive senses 1 2 7.)

To seek for.

intransitive. To search.

transitive. To seek thoroughly, seek out.

transitive. To seek out, seek for; to search out.

transitive. To seek or search out; to search through.

intransitive. To seek, search for. Now regional or colloquial.

To search for. Obsolete.

transitive. To look or search for; to seek, try to find. Also with infinitive or clause as object.

transitive. To look for or seek (someone or something); to make efforts to find or discover. Now chiefly South Asian.

transitive. To try to obtain or accomplish, to work to bring about, to strive for (a circumstance, event, condition, etc.); to seek after, aim at.

To seek for (a person or thing); to inquire after. Also with out.

transitive. To grope after, try to find. Only in to feel and find and variants, in translations of Acts 17:27 and apparent allusions to it. Obsolete.

transitive. To seek after.

transitive. To seek, search for; = to look for —— 1 at phrasal verbs 2. Also: to be on the lookout for; to seek or search out. regional (chiefly Car…

transitive. To seek, search for, desire.

to search for.

transitive. To seek, search for; to desire. Obsolete.

transitive ? To seek. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To seek, search for. Now rare.

intransitive. To search, seek for or after something (without moving about). Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. Originally Scottish. To look for, try to find; (also) to be on the lookout for. Cf. to see out for at phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.

intransitive. To seek, search for.

in the wind. figurative. So as to be ‘scented’ or perceived (or so as to ‘scent’ or perceive something); to have in the wind, to ‘scent’, to…

intransitive. With after. To seek to obtain or achieve something specified. Obsolete.

transferred. To search or seek for. Obsolete. rare.

with adverb, esp. out, up, †forth.

intransitive. To conduct a search for something, in later use esp. minerals, oil, or other raw materials (cf. exploration, n. 3).

To search (intransitive and transitive).

transitive and intransitive. gen. To seek or pursue. Cf. research, n.1 1. Obsolete.

intransitive. to see out for: to search or watch for; to look out for. Cf. to see for —— at phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete.

transitive. To go in search of (something); to seek out.

intransitive. To look for, try to find. Cf. to look after —— 2a at look, v. phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. rare.