Толковый словарь английского языка - seek
Seek
seek
verb (sought; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English seken, from Old English sēcan; akin to Old High German suohhen to ~, Latin sagus prophetic, Greek hēgeisthai to lead Date: before 12th century transitive verb to resort to ; go to, 2. to go in search of ; look for, to try to discover, to ask for ; request , to try to acquire or gain ; aim at , to make an attempt ; try , intransitive verb to make a search or inquiry, 2. to be sought, to be lacking , ~er noun
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v. (past and past part. sought) 1 a tr. make a search or inquiry for. b intr. (foll. by for, after) make a search or inquiry. 2 tr. a try or want to find or get. b ask for; request (sought help from him; seeks my aid). 3 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) endeavour or try. 4 tr. make for or resort to (a place or person, for advice, health, etc.) (sought his bed; sought a fortune-teller; sought the shore). 5 tr. archaic aim at, attempt. 6 intr. (foll. by to) archaic resort. Phrases and idioms seek dead an order to a retriever to find killed game. seek out 1 search for and find. 2 single out for companionship, etc. sought-after much in demand; generally desired or courted. to seek (or much to seek or far to seek) deficient, lacking, or not yet found (the reason is not far to seek; an efficient leader is yet to seek). Derivatives seeker n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE secan f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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