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searchingn.

Brit. /ˈsəːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsərtʃɪŋ/
Forms: see search v. and -ing suffix1; also 1600s searcheing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: search v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < search v. + -ing suffix1. Compare later search n.
1. The action of search v. (in various senses).
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun]
seeking1303
out-seekinga1382
searchinga1382
search1426
laita1500
searching out1531
hunting-down1542
fishing1548
research1577
upseeking1594
riping1815
questing1848
casting1856
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms lxiii. 7 Þei sercheden wickedenessis: þei serchynge faileden in serching [a1425 L.V. sekinge; L. scrutinio].
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxix. 436 Þe office of a good phisician stondiþ in inquisicioun and serchinge of causes and circumstaunces of euel, for he serchiþ and sechiþ þe cause by siȝte, by hondlinge and gropinge, by vreyne and by powuce.
a1450 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 66 (MED) What servand..that wyrkys a penyworth werk for a penny and wyll noght be governd at the serchyng of hys werk be the serchours and the maisters..sall pay xl d.
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. ij He never leveth serchinge till he come at the botome, the pith, the quycke, the liffe, the spirite, the marye and verye cause why.
1641 J. Gauden Love of Truth 14 The Turks..so farre secure their peace, as they forbid the searching of Truth.
1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 155 It is sought for by mariners when they have no light, and from this searching it took the name of topaz.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 322 A very difficult question rose in the American civil war with regard to the searching of mail bags.
1950 Crisis Apr. 232/1 It required some searching but Bill finally found the house of his dreams.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 May c1/5 Huge farms of server computers that permit fast searching on the Internet.
2. An act or instance of searching; an inquiry, an investigation, a search.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > a search
quest?c1335
search?a1475
searching out1531
searching1562
hunt1608
inquest1621
1562 W. Fulwood tr. G. Gratarolus Castel of Mem. vi. sig. f.vii Therefore the Memorye maye also bee verye well thus defyned, that it is an apprehension of similitudes remaynynge in the soule, wythe a dillygente searchynge or inquisition.
1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxxviii. 398 But wee are to remember that in many things, our searchings and bold speculations must be content with those Silencing, more than Satisfying Reasons.
1711 G. Cary Physician's Phylactic vi. 333 Did ever any Philosopher, or a Carnal Mind, by all the Law of Nature, with all their Searchings and Researchings, find out that Mediatory Law, the Word Incarnate, God Made Man?
1891 S. J. Weyman New Rector I. i. 9 In more distant vicarages..there were..anxious searchings of the ‘Guardian’ and Crockford.
1991 C. Dexter Jewel that was Ours liv. 247 Thus far they had found nothing, and above the bed of the river their searchings were stirring up a cloudy precipitate of mud as the white waters gushed across the weir.

Phrases

Used in collocation with heart or soul with reference to the rigorous scrutiny or examination of one’s beliefs, feelings, motives, or actions, as in searching of heart, searchings of heart, searching of the soul, etc. See also heart-searching n., soul-searching n. [Originally after Hebrew ḥiqrē, plural (construct state) of ḥēqer search, act of searching ( < ḥāqar to search). The use has become proverbial in English.]
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the mind > mental capacity > spirituality > mind, soul, spirit, heart > introspection > [noun]
search1520
searching1611
self-searching1632
soul-searchinga1651
introversion1654
soul search1667
1611 Bible (King James) Judges v. 16 For the diuisions of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart [Heb. ḥiqrē-lēḇ].
a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: 9th & 10th Bks. (1657) x. 606 [God] drives the sinner to sad thoughts and searchings of heart.
1798 T. Brown Addr. in Christian Love to Inhabitants of Philadelphia 45 Instead of self examination, and deep searchings of heart, behold vain and unprofitable conversation, and light airy behaviour!
1839 S. Wilberforce Serm. iii. 83 Here are no weary searchings of the soul, amidst the waywardness of individual fancy.
1885 Manch. Examiner 11 June 4/7 The deserters should not be left solely to the searchings of their own hearts.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 93 824 NATO intervention by military force was widely welcomed, but it was also sharply criticized. And it inspired much searching of soul by students of international law.
2015 @DrDerekMorris 23 July in twitter.com (accessed 23 May 2019) There was great searching of heart among our workers. They counseled together and united in humble, fervent prayer.

Compounds

C1. With adverbs forming compound verbal nouns corresponding to phrasal uses of search with adverbs (cf. search v. Phrasal verbs).
searching out n. the action of assiduously seeking or inquiring after something until it is found; the action of discovering or finding out about something in this way; an instance of this; cf. to search out at search v. Phrasal verbs.
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1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities iv. f. 74v Suche diligent inquisition and serchynge out of the truth may be a lanterne to your feate.
1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxxv. f. 140v Hee hath discouraged all men from the investigating and searching out of the true natures of thinges.
1644 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1950) II. 364 Some muskateirs and sojors hade brokin up the latrons in the clerks chamber for searching out of the saids rolls.
1877 W. Y. Sellar Roman Poets Augustan Age: Virgil vii. 270 The religious spirit of Virgil..finds its resource in prayer rather than in reverent contemplation and searching out of the ways of God.
2006 Independent (Nexis) 21 Apr. (Features section) 19 The visit was part of Bourdain's recent globetrotting, a searching out of strange and novel food experiences.
searching up n. the action of searching for something or looking something up; (now) esp. use of the internet to research something; cf. to search up at search v. Phrasal verbs.
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1538 Let. from Council of North to T. Cromwell 7 Apr. (Calig. B.iii) f. 244v We beseche youre lordshippe that they [sc. books] may bee sought vp and sente vnto vs at this tyme the serching vp of theym were worthe the payne taking.
1844 Monthly Extracts Corr. Brit. & Foreign Bible Soc. 31 July 561 The stir made now has occasioned the searching up of many a long-forgotten copy.
2018 @Dare2Firmino 2 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 9 July 2019) Just did a little searching up of the AR-15 and it seems that it's on par with the M16.
C2.
a. As a modifier, designating an instrument or tool used to search out or investigate something. Formerly esp. with reference to a surgical probe or speculum, as in searching instrument, searching iron. Now usually in the context of computational searching of databases, websites, etc.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > probe or sound
tenta1400
probe?a1425
search?a1425
sequere mea1425
searcher?c1425
searching iron1477
prove?1541
privet1598
proof1611
style1631
seeker1658
searching instrument1663
stylet1697
stiletto1699
breast-probe1739
sound1797
sounder1875
tracer1882
1477–8 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 40 Item pro quodam ferrum vocatum a serchyng Iron.
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xlvij Now if the sicke resiste the raser the sherchinge yeron and so forth, doeth he not resiste his awne helth and is cause of his awne deeth.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 6/4 Your finger is the best searchinge iron.
1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Art Chirurg.: 5th Bk. Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. x. 2564/1 Whether or no there be one, or more of these Sinus's, this is altogether to be discovered by the Probe or searching Instrument.
1895 Trans. 1st Pan-Amer. Med. Congr. ii. 1883 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (53rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Executive Doc. 36) III Finely pointed searching instruments and magnifying glasses are essential for this purpose, and waxed floss silk passed between the teeth will also aid in disclosing defects.
1896 Amer. Medico-surgical Bull. 15 Feb. 241/1 The malleable-handle curettes are very valuable when used as diagnostic or searching probes.
1957 Science 25 Oct. 817/3 The machine system need not serve as the searching device.
2019 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Mar. (Health section) 10 Parents and teachers can learn how to use the many searching tools available on Google.
b.
searching candle n. a probe or bougie, esp. one used to treat strictures of the urethra.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > suppositories, etc. > [noun]
pessarya1400
suppositorya1400
supposta1500
suppositor1540
collyrie1600
nascal1640
searching candle1651
candle1684
gland1684
collyrium1748
1651 T. Brugis Vade Mecum 151 Then draw it out, and arm it as before, and put it in again, and ever alter your medicine upon the searching candle, as you see cause.
1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. viii. 66 The searching Candle or Probe.
1871 J. L. Milton Spermatorrhœa (ed. 8) iii. 77 Men treated strictures with the searching candle and oil of lilies!
2006 J. Kirkup Evol. Surg. Instruments xii. 169/1 The first surgical bougies were wax candles or tapers, often called searching candles, for investigating and treating urethral strictures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

searchingadj.

Brit. /ˈsəːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsərtʃɪŋ/
Forms: see search v. and -ing suffix2; also 1600s searcheing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: search v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < search v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier searchingly adv.
I. Penetrating in insight or effect.
1. Keenly observant; acutely perceptive, penetrating; (in later use often of a look or gaze) that focuses intently or probingly on someone or something.Later use with reference to a person's gaze often implies an element of discomfort on the part of the recipient and hence overlaps with sense 2.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail > characterized by scrupulous care > strict, careful, or detailed
narroweOE
searchinga1555
strict1598
scrutinous1599
press?1611
close1662
minutea1697
near-sighted1828
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > piercing
poignant?a1439
sharp1535
narrow1587
searching1597
scanning1863
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing closely > of gaze, etc.
intentivec1386
fixed1552
searching1597
intent1606
intented1633
unwrested1712
unwandering1740
inspecting1788
a1555 R. Hutchinson Faithful Declar. Christes Supper (1560) ii. sig. D.vi S. Austin an elder & holy father of Christes church, & a man of a most ripe iudgement & sharpe searching wit in the scriptures.
c1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xvii. iii Where silent Night might seeme all faultes to hide, Then was I, by thy searching insight tride.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 33 The searching eie of heauen. View more context for this quotation
1627 Abp. G. Abbot in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 438 King James..had..a searching Wit of his own to discover his Servants, whom he put in trust, whether they took any sinister courses, or no.
1705 E. Scarburgh Eng. Euclide Pref. sig. b2 His Peculiar Honour, and the greatest Argument of a most subtle and searching Wit and Judgement.
1758 Life of Admiral Vernon v. 249 Mr. Vernon..had a piercing eye, a searching look, and something awful in his gesture.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 13 He..appeared..quite calm under his searching glance.
1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 194/2 Eleanor gave her a searching look. She wasn't slow-witted; she'd understand.
2011 New Literary Hist. 42 673 Forster, the antitheorist, has the more searching insight.
2013 C. Bingham Lion's Awakening (e-book, accessed 2 Sept. 2019) ix. 89 His searching gaze unnerved her.
2. Having a penetrating effect, typically unpleasantly or uncomfortably so.See also examples of sense 1 applied to a person's gaze, which can also imply an element of discomfort on the part of the recipient.
a. That has a powerful or intense effect on the senses or feelings; potent, penetrating (esp. unpleasantly or undesirably so).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]
heavyc825
grimc900
strongeOE
hardeOE
drearyOE
eileOE
sweerOE
deara1000
bitterOE
tartc1000
smartOE
unridec1175
sharp?c1225
straitc1275
grievousc1290
fellc1330
shrewda1387
snella1400
unsterna1400
vilea1400
importunea1425
ungainc1425
thrallc1430
peisant1483
sore?a1513
weighty1540
heinous?1541
urgent?1542
asperous?1567
dure1567
spiny1586
searching1590
hoara1600
vengible1601
flinty1613
tugging1642
atrocious1733
uncannya1774
severe1774
stern1830
punishing1833
hefty1867
solid1916
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation
strongeOE
smartc1300
steevec1300
keen1340
piercinga1400
perceantc1400
forta1513
incisive1528
vigorous1548
forcible1555
emphatical1581
searching1590
nervous1616
strenuous1632
arrowy1650
intent1650
urging1658
sinewous1663
emphatic1689
drastic1808
needling1839
shrewd1842
gimlet1894
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 110 Hot searching and inflammatiue medicines, are necessarilie required in fulsome, putrified..sores.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 25 Thats a maruelous searching wine. View more context for this quotation
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. ii. sig. G3v These vinegar tart spirits are too pearcing, Too searching in the vnglewd ioynts of shaken wits.
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. ii. 5 The searching sharpnes of that purer Climate,..caused death and sicknesse.
1795 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 87 Even the Negroes in the West Indies know nothing of so searching, so penetrating, so heart breaking a slavery.
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. xii. 104 The rain was so searching, that she could not stay there long.
1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door i. 11 In spring the searching odour was apt to overpower the wafts of lilac and hawthorn.
2014 ‘S. Ashwood’ Possessed by Immortal 40 It was the fact of his physical being: tall and broad enough to shelter her from the searching breeze.
b. That moves a person to examine his or her conscience closely and earnestly; that has a profound effect or influence on someone's spiritual life. Compare earlier heart-searching adj., soul-searching adj.
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1619 N. Byfield Signes of Wicked Man vi. 66 (margin) Liue vnder a searching ministery. [main text Prouide to liue, if it may be, vnder a forceable ministry: where thou maist heare such doctrine dayly, as will search thy heart, & ransacke thy life.]
1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory i. 14 If you love not the most searching preaching, and would not know how bad you are..it is a sign that you are not children of the light.
1723 S. Scattergood 52 Serm. x. 155 Sometimes at the hearing of a searching Sermon, their affections may be extraordinarily moved for the present.
1915 Sunday School Jrnl. June 445/1 ‘Be sure your sin will find you out’ is the very practical and searching lesson to-day.
1970 Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, Florida) 17 Jan. 7 a/1 Dr. John Thompson will continue his searching sermon series, ‘Discovering the Self’.
c. Of a question: intended to uncover or find out the truth about someone or something; probing. Of an examination, analysis, etc.: that constitutes a thorough or rigorous investigation of something.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > of scrutiny: close, rigorous
narroweOE
searching1648
close1662
subsoil1882
tooth-comb1893
1648 T. Shepard Clear Sun-shine of Gospel 7 I have heard few Christians when they begin to looke toward God, make more searching questions that they might see things really, and not onely have a notion of them.
1725 G. Lewis Serm. preach'd on Death of Ld. Whitworth 7 A more peculiar Time..that God calls upon us for the deepest Consideration, the most searching Examination into the State and Condition of our Souls.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 502 Suspicion was awake. Searching questions were put, and were evasively answered.
1870 N. Porter Amer. Colleges 192 Under the searching tests of the Class-rooms the capacity of each man is satisfactorily ascertained.
1934 W. Lewis Men without Art (1987) iii. Foreword 195 A fairly searching scrutiny of the values that all the arts may use.
2004 P. Bishop Setting up & running Complementary Health Pract. iii. 56 Your bank manager will expect you to have put a lot of thought into your planning so be prepared to answer some searching questions about your projected business finances.
2019 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 July a19 Should he run, [he] would likely face a far more searching examination of his record than he has to date.
d. Sport. Designating a penetrating shot, pass, etc., that pressurizes an opponent's defence, esp. (Association Football) a pass or cross played through or beyond the defence, typically so that a teammate can run on to it.
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1904 Leamington Spa Courier & Warwicks. Standard 16 Sept. 7/5 Halliday sent in a searching shot, which Dale cleared.
1931 Scotsman 31 Aug. 3/7 Aitken had no superior as a forward, his fleeting raids and searching crosses being admirable.
1932 Advertiser (Adelaide) 11 Aug. 11/7 Crawford sent searching balls dead on the line, winning in confident style.
2014 Brechin Advertiser (Nexis) 23 Aug. He was involved in Brechin's fifth, driving a long searching ball for Irvine who deftly slotted the ball beneath the keeper.
II. That searches or inquires.
3. Given to searching for or inquiring into things; inquiring, inquisitive.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective]
seeking1483
searching1573
searchant1631
1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason Forespeache sig. ★.viij She is a searching facultie, by reason whereof she teacheth a man the sooner to espy, what is right, what is wrong.
1626 S. D'Ewes Let. 4 Feb. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 216 I dare say he meant it plainlie, yet searching braines might picke much from it.
1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence iv. 153 We try one thing after another, as the searching Bee wanders from Flower to Flower, but we go off from every one with Disappointment and a deluded Expectation.
1841 A. Helps On Pract. Wisdom in Ess. (1842) 4 Many persons are considered speculative merely because they are of a searching nature.
1965 Newslet. Univ. of Calif. Pharmacy Alumni Assoc. Summer 3/1 We did not like at all the implication that because a student has good grades and a searching mind, he should be siphoned off into graduate study.
2004 Tribune (Chandigarh, India) (Electronic ed.) 29 July (accessed 29 Aug. 2019) He had this searching mind, which made you feel he was always interested in what you were doing.
4. Engaged in searching for something; conducting a search.
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a1654 A. Grosse Buddings & Blossomings Old Truths (1656) 84 The cleare and open shining of the Gospel doth provoke and stirre up the corruption, wich is in the hearts of the people; like a sounding trumpet it awakeneth the sleepy; like a searching Officer it discovereth the stolne goods.
1835 A. Bouveiron Hist. & Biogr. Sketch Fieschi v. 42 Meanwhile Mr. Pepin was walking up and down, but keeping always his eye upon the searching officers.
1950 Pop. Mech. Dec. 75/1 A searching helicopter found the party.
1970 Sci-Tech News Summer 57/1 An amalgam of two interested persons—the questioning patron and the searching librarian.
2005 Columbia Law Rev. 105 848 The court went on to discuss the appropriateness of that analogy even in cases where a searching detective may not have knowledge of a file's contents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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