单词 | reseek |
释义 | reseekv. transitive. To seek again. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > again reseek1622 re-search1708 1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. viii. 125 He is constant and resolute to reseeke the felicity to liue in her fauour and affection, or to dye in the pursuite thereof. 1731 G. Ogle et al. tr. J. Secundus Basia xx. 57 To re-seek the Phrygian Swain. a1750 A. Hill Rom. Revenge (1753) iv. iv. 68 'Twas for this, the sorrowing Shade resought me. 1793 M. Robinson Poems II. 61 Reason mark'd her blest associate fly; And, shuddering at the scene, resought her native sky! 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. vii. 133 Anticipating the time when Paul..would gladly, and penitently, re-seek the shelter of her roof. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 132 In loving God the soul reseeks its source. 1892 A. T. de Vere Epil. in Legends St. Patrick I, bondsman in this land, re-sought this land. 1921 G. Stratton-Porter Her Father's Daughter xxv. 335 I would give up all of them before I would be discarded and re-sought like that. 1952 A. J. Crick & E. E. Thomas tr. L. Abegg Mind of East Asia x. 322 He must constantly re-seek his equilibrium, his ‘centrum’ and his way of approach to the Absolute. 2008 Nelson (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 24 Sept. 3 He announced Sunday his intention to reseek the office he once held. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1622 |
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