misseek

verb

Etymology

From mis- + seek.

  1. inherited from sēcð
  2. derived from *seh₂g- — “to seek out
  3. inherited from *sōkijaną — “to seek
  4. inherited from *sōkijan
  5. inherited from sēċan
  6. inherited from seken
  7. prefixed as misseek — “mis + seek

Definitions

  1. To seek for wrongly.

    • And yet the thing that most is your desire, / Ye do misseek, with more travail and care!
    • Still this doctrine must be extended further: for thereby we gather generally that God is missought under outward shapes, which have no likeness or affinity to his heavenly glory.
    • Yet, when missought, she is often found, and when unexpected, often obtained; while those who seek for her most diligently, fail the most because they seek her where she is not.

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