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- verb intransitive To
try tofind ;look around;search ;meditate . - verb transitive To
plan ;plot ;contrive .
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- verb search anxiously
Etymologies
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From cast (“to try”) + about, see becast. Compare also Old English costian ("to try, examine"). More at cast, costen.
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