Definition of seeking

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Seeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of See.

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Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Resort :: Resort (v.) The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force..
Entitle :: Entitle (v. t.) To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command..
Rogatory :: Rogatory (a.) Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
Knocker :: Knocker (n.) One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance..
Valetudinarian :: Valetudinarian (n.) A person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
Self-seeking :: Self-seeking (n.) The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
Retrieve :: Retrieve (n.) A seeking again; a discovery.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything..
Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).
Research :: Research (n.) Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom..
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.
Statehouse :: Statehood (n.) The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood..
Valetudinarian :: Valetudinarian (a.) Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.
Depreciation :: Depreciation (n.) The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation..
Hamesucken :: Hamesucken (n.) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
Seeking :: Seeking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of See.
Extroitive :: Extroitive (a.) Seeking or going out after external objects.
Opportunism :: Opportunism (n.) The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate consequences..
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