a. Sick. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
To seek,
To seek after,
To seek for,
To seek to,
To seek upon,
To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
A skeptic [ is ] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstart sect of Seekers. Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called
n. One who contrives to give himself vexation. [ Archaic. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]