Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.]

[OE, seken, AS. s?can, s?cean; akin to OS. s?kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s?kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s?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 bessech.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)