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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.

A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go-no-further.

One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic.] Sir P. Sidney.

One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

To beseech. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.

To seek for wrongly. [Obs.]

To seek again. J. Barlow.

One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.

Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. Arbuthnot.

To seek or strain upward. "Upseeking eyes suffused with . . . tears." Southey.

One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

zed or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.] Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.

To seek for; to desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.

k, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.

ible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. Holland.

ng with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.