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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Search \Search\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Searched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searching}.] [OE. serchen, cerchen, OF. cerchier, F. chercher, L. circare to go about, fr. L. circum, circa, around. See {Circle}.]
1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. ''Search the Scriptures.'' --John v. 39.
They are come to search the house. --Shak.
Search me, O God, and know my heart. --Ps. cxxxix. 23.
2. To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
I will both search my sheep, and seek them out. --Ezek. xxxiv. 11.
Enough is left besides to search and know. --Milton.
3. To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
4. To examine; to try; to put to the test.
{To search out}, to seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth.
Syn: To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Search \Search\, verb (used without an object) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
Once more search with me. --Shak.
It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. --Locke.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Search \Search\, noun [Cf. OF. cerche. See {Search}, verb (used with an object)] The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
Thus the orb he roamed With narrow search, and with inspection deep Considered every creature. --Milton.
Nor did my search of liberty begin Till my black hairs were changed upon my chin. --Dryden.
{Right of search} (Mar. Law), the right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war.
{Search warrant} (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.
Syn: Scrutiny; examination; exploration; investigation; research; inquiry; quest; pursuit.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
search
noun
1: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: {hunt}, {hunting}]
2: an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"
3: an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup" [syn: {lookup}]
4: the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
5: boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"
verb
1: 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: {seek}, {look for}]
2: search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" [syn: {look}]
3: inquire into [syn: {research}, {explore}]
4: subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "search": analysis, angle for, ask for, beat, beat about for, beat the bushes, burrow, cast about, chase, check, chivy, comb, delve, delve for, delve into, dig, dig for, dig into, dog, domiciliary visit, dragnet, enquiry, examination, examine, exploration, explore, fan, fathom, fish for, follow, follow up, forage, frisk, give chase, go after, go gunning for, go into, go through, grub, gun for, hollo after, hound, house-search, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, hunting, indagate, inquire of, inquiry, inspect, inspection, investigate, look, look around, look at, look for, look into, look over, look round, look through, look up, make after, nose around, peer into, perquisition, perusal, plumb, poke, poke around, poke into, posse, probe, prosecute, prowl after, pry, pry into, pursual, pursuance, pursue, pursuing, pursuit, quest, quest after, raise the hunt, rake, ransack, ransacking, research, researching, root, rummage, run after, run down, scan, scour, scouring, scout out, scrimmage, scrutinize, scrutiny, search for, search into, search party, search through, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, see to, seek, seek for, seek out, seeking, shake down, sift, sifting, skirmish, smell around, sound, stalk, stalking, still hunt, still-hunt, study, take out after, try to find, turning over
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