seeker
Variant of seek
seek
definition
seek (sēk)
transitive verb sought, seeking seek′·ing
- to try to find; search for; look for
- to go to; resort to to seek the woods for peace
- to try to get or find out by asking or searching to seek the answer to a question
- to request; ask for
- to bend one's efforts toward; aim at; pursue seeking perfection
- to try; attempt: used with an infinitive to seek to please someone
- Archaic to explore
Etymology: ME seken < OE secan, akin to OS sōkian, Ger suchen, ON sœkja < IE base *sāg-, to track down, trace > L sagire, to scent out, perceive
intransitive verb
- to look for someone or something
- to make a search or investigation to seek after something
- Archaic to resort (to)
Related Forms:
- seeker seek′er noun
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