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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Seeking}.] [OE, seken, AS. s?can, s?cean; akin to OS.
   s?kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
   Icel. s?kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s?kjan, and E.
   sake. Cf. {Beseech}, {Ransack}, {Sagacious}, {Sake}, {Soc}.]
   1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to
      find.

            The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
            said, I seek my brethren.             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                  15,16.

   2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.

            Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
                                                  xi. 16.

   3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
      to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

   4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

            Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.

            Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
                                                  --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

seeking
     adj : trying to obtain; "profit-seeking producers"; "people
           seeking happiness"
     n 1: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
          [syn: {quest}]
     2: an attempt to acquire or gain something

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

seeking
     
        {seek}
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