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forseek

verb

Etymology

From Middle English *forseken (attested in forsoȝt), from Old English forsēcan, forsēċan (“to afflict, attack”). By surface analysis, for- + seek. Compare West Frisian fersykje (“to request, petition”), Dutch verzoeken (“to request, ask, petition”), German versuchen (“to attempt, try”).

  1. inherited from forsēcan
  2. inherited from *forseken✻

Definitions

  1. To seek thoroughly (for)

    To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.

    • Always forseek alternative ways to do pretty much anything.
    • Vartue it's sed (and is an old said saw) Is for hur selfe, to be forsought alone.

  2. Misspelling of forsake.

    • The Rani also espoused their cause and marched from Garha to join them. When the astute sultan heard of this, he sent persons to the Rani with a view to inducing her to forseek her design, and thus averted a clash.
    • The play's characters themselves, however, offer a very different estimate: "Forseek all London from one end to t'ther, […]"
    • "I fear your ardor be so hot That it may but yourself consume, Or passion's flame be unallayed, You will forseek a gallet's tomb. […]"

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA