Definition of seek

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Seek (v. t.) 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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Sought :: Sought () imp. & p. p. of Seek.
Job :: Job (v. i.) To seek private gain under pretense of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
Expediential :: Expediential () Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy.
Suit :: Suist (n.) One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Seche :: Seche (v. t. & i.) To seek.
Reactionary :: Reactionary (n.) One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand..
Wish :: Wish (v. t.) To recommend; to seek confidence or favor in behalf of.
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..
Touter :: Touter (n.) One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office..
Inquiry :: Inquiry (n.) The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality..
Troll :: Troll (v. t.) To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
Seek :: Seek (v. t.) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
Upseek :: Upseek (v. i.) To seek or strain upward.
Supplicate :: Supplicate (v. t.) To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel..
Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary..
Aspirant :: Aspirant (n.) One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.
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).
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