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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
seek
    n 1: the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
         on a disk
    v 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,
       seek, look for]
    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,
       seek, attempt, essay, assay]
    4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
    5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seek \Seek\, a.
   Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS.
   s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
   Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]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.
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            The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
            said, I seek my brethren.             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                  15, 16.
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   2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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            Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
                                                  xi. 16.
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   3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
      to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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   4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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            Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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            Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
                                                  --Pope.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seek \Seek\, v. i.
   To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
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         Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
                                                  xxxiv. 16.
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   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.]
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            To seek
            Upon a man and do his soul unrest.    --Chaucer.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
seek
seeking

   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)


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