seek
verb
[ siːk ]
• attempt to find (something).
• "they came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds"
Similar:
search for,
try to find,
look for,
look about for,
look round for,
look around for,
cast about for,
cast round for,
cast around for,
be on the lookout for,
be after,
hunt for,
be in quest of,
quest (after),
be in pursuit of,
Origin:
Old English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire ‘perceive by scent’.
