单词 | forseek |
释义 | † forseekv. Obsolete. a. transitive. To seek thoroughly, seek out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 a1300 Sarmun 50 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 2 Þe wormis þat hit habbiþ al for-soȝt. 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 57 To deuise his destruction which simply foresought thy preferment. 1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G4v Vartue it's sed (and is an old said-saw) Is for hur selfe, to be forsought alone. b. To weary (oneself) with seeking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > in other ways ofliec1275 forseeka1400 overwatcha1529 haggle1648 wear1864 nag1870 fatigue1872 to run into the ground1955 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17597 Þair sandes come again vn-spedd þai war for-soght þam vp and dun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasforseek forseek v. to search thoroughly. < v.a1300 as lemmas |
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