To seek for

To seek for
Seek Seek, v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [1913 Webster]

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa. xxxiv. 16. [1913 Webster]

{To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. ``Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek.'' --Milton. [Obs.]

{To seek after}, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take.

{To seek for}, to endeavor to find.

{To seek to}, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.] ``All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom.'' --1 Kings x. 24.

{To seek upon}, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


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