seeker

Variant of seek

seek definition

seek (sēk)

transitive verb sought, seeking seek′·ing

  1. to try to find; search for; look for
  2. to go to; resort to to seek the woods for peace
    1. to try to get or find out by asking or searching to seek the answer to a question
    2. to request; ask for
  3. to bend one's efforts toward; aim at; pursue seeking perfection
  4. to try; attempt: used with an infinitive to seek to please someone
  5. 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

    1. to look for someone or something
    2. to make a search or investigation to seek after something
  1. Archaic to resort (to)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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