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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Seeking}.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS.
     s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
     Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, 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.
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              The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
              said, I seek my brethren.             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                    15, 16.
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     2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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              Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
                                                    xi. 16.
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     3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
        to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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     4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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              Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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              Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
                                                    --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sought \Sought\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Seek}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seek
       n : the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
           on a disk
       v 1: try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education";
            "seek happiness"
       2: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence
          of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are
          searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn:
          {search}, {look for}]
       3: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
          fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
          police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
          himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
           {try}, {attempt}, {essay}, {assay}]
       4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
       5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local"
       [also: {sought}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sought
       adj 1: that is looked for; "the long sought relatives"
       2: being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the
          silver candelabrum" [syn: {sought-after(a)}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sought
       See {seek}

















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