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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"

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"

an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"

boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"

the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

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"

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"

an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"

boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"

the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

To examine; to try; to put to the test.

To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.

The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

To examine; to try; to put to the test.

To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.

The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

To seek for; look for; go over and examine; as, to search a house; explore; inspect; probe.

Seek; to make inquiry.

The act of seeking or looking for something; investigation; examination; pursuit; quest.

To look round to find: to seek: to examine: to inspect: to explore: to put to the test.

To seek for: to make inquiry.

The act of seeking or looking for: examination: inquiry: investigation: pursuit.

Act of seeking; quest; examination.

To seek for; examine; test.

To seek; examine.

A seeking or looking for something; a seeking; inquiry; pursuit for finding. Right of search, the right claimed by a nation to authorize her naval commanders to examine the merchant vessels of other nations in time of war.

To explore; to examine; to inquire; to probe.

To seek; to look for; to make inquiry.

A seeking or looking, as for something lost or desired, or whose place is unknown; quest; pursuit; an endeavour to obtain; inquiry; examination.

To seek for the purpose of finding; to look through; to explore; to put to the test; to make inquiry.

n. Act of seeking or looking for something; inquiry; research; examination; — quest; pursuit;—scrutiny; exploration; investigation.