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Search :: Search (v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt..

Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..

Researchful :: Researchful (a.) Making researches; inquisitive.

Quest :: Quest (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively..

Sarse :: Sarse (n.) A fine sieve; a searce.

Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern..

Dowser :: Dowser (n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod..

Prospect :: Prospect (v. i.) To make a search; to seek; to explore, as for mines or the like; as, to prospect for gold..

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor..

Insearch :: Insearch (v. t.) To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.

Crucial :: Crucial (a.) Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test..

Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence..

Perscrutation :: Perscrutation (n.) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.

Indagation :: Indagation (n.) Search; inquiry; investigation.

Ferret :: Ferret (n.) To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret..

Rummage :: Rummage (v. i.) To search a place narrowly.

Canvass :: Canvass (v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for..

Sear :: Sear (a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively..

Searcloth :: Searcloth (n.) Cerecloth.

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