seeka. Sick.(Chaucer.)v. t.[OE. seken, AS. scan, scean; akin to OS. skian, LG. sken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. skja, Sw. ska, Dan. sge, Goth. skjan, 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.()The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. (Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16.)2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.()Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. (Luke xi. 16.)3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.()4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.()Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. (Amos v. 5.)Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. (Pope.)v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.()Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. (Isa. xxxiv. 16.)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.]()To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest. (Chaucer.)