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  • verb transitive To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.
  • verb transitive To weary (someone) with seeking.

Etymologies

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From Middle English *forseken (attested in forsoȝt), from Old English forsēcan ("to afflict, attack"), equivalent to for- +‎ seek.

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