O.E. secan "visit, inquire, pursue," influenced by O.N. soekja, both from P.Gmc. *sokjanan (cf. O.S. sokian, O.Fris. seka, M.Du. soekan, O.H.G. suohhan, Ger. suchen, Goth. sokjan), from PIE *sag- "to track down, to trace" (cf. L. sagire "to perceive quickly or keenly," sagus "presaging, predicting," O.Ir. saigim "seek"). The modern form of the word as uninfluenced by O.N. is in beseech. The religious sect of the Seekers is attested from 1645.
the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
verb
1.
try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"
2.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn: search]
3.
make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try]
(sometimes withfor) to try to find, get or achieve Example: He is seeking (for) an answer; You should seek your lawyer's advice; She's seeking fame in the world of television.
Arabic:
يَبْحَثُ عَن
Chinese (Simplified):
寻求
Chinese (Traditional):
尋求
Czech:
(vy)hledat
Danish:
søge
Dutch:
zoeken
Estonian:
otsima
Finnish:
etsiä, havitella
French:
tâcher de
German:
suchen
Greek:
ψάχνω για κτ., αναζητώ, επιζητώ
Hungarian:
keres
Icelandic:
leita eftir, *að
Indonesian:
mencari
Italian:
cercare; chiedere
Japanese:
求める
Korean:
찾다, 추구하다
Latvian:
meklēt; tiekties; censties
Lithuanian:
ieškoti
Norwegian:
søke, *lete etter
Polish:
szukać, poszukiwać
Portuguese (Brazil):
buscar
Portuguese (Portugal):
buscar
Russian:
искать; просить; добиваться
Slovak:
(vy)hľadať
Slovenian:
iskati
Spanish:
buscar
Swedish:
söka
Turkish:
aramak
seek2[siːk]verb
to try Example: These men are seeking to destroy the government.
seek 1. To move the head of a disk drive radially, i.e., to move from one track to another. 2. To wind the tape to a given location. 3. To move the pointer that marks the next byte to be read from or written to a file. (1997-07-15)
Be*seech"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besought; p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeching.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek.]1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. --Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. --Milton. Syn: To beg; to crave. Usage: To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate. These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence.
Hame"seck`en\, Hamesucken \Hame"suck`en\, n. [AS. h[=a]ms?cn. See Home, and Seek.] (Scots Law) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house. --Bouvier.
Ran"sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE. ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the root of s[ae]kja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose.]1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. --South. 2. To plunder; to pillage completely. Their vow is made To ransack Troy. --Shak. 3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.] Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser.
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