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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seek \Seek\, verb (used with an object) [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. s[ae]kja, 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.
The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16.
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke xi. 16.
3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seeking
adjective: trying to obtain; "profit-seeking producers"; "people seeking happiness"
noun
1: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds" [syn: {quest}]
2: an attempt to acquire or gain something
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
seeking {seek}
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