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seek out

verb

Etymology

From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle English *outseken, outsechen (“to seek out”). More at outseek.

  1. derived from *outseken✻

Definitions

  1. To try to locate

    To try to locate; to search for.

    • At the head of the fiord, and along its sides, can still be seen the hulks of German destroyers and submarines. These sought shelter in this secluded spot, but the British Navy sought them out and sank them.
    • Some of us order far more than we need online. Some of us are so deep in the countryside that delivery vans must divert their routes to seek us out.
    • Ralph still seeks out physical release. Like Moses, he does his best thinking when he’s swimming. “I think challenging yourself physically is a great way of getting all the crap out of your head,” he said.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for seek out. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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