seek

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sought p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking. ] [ OE. seken, AS. sēcan, sēcean; akin to OS. sōkian, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. saekja, Sw. söka, Dan. söge, Goth. sōkjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc. ] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. [ 1913 Webster ]

The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. “Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek.” Milton. [ Obs. ] --
To seek after, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take. --
To seek for, to endeavor to find. --
To seek to, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [ Obs. ] “All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom.” 1 Kings x. 24. --
To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments. [ 1913 Webster ]

A skeptic [ is ] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstart sect of Seekers. Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go-no-further. [ 1913 Webster ]