To seek

Seek \Seek\, v. i.
   To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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         Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
                                                  xxxiv. 16.
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   {To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared.
      "Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek." --Milton.
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   {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.]
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            To seek
            Upon a man and do his soul unrest.    --Chaucer.
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