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(v)
(transitive) To seek.
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(n)
The act of searching in general.
(transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
To try.
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
(dated, transitive) To attempt or try.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
Misspelling of look up. [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.]
(intransitive) To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
Search; hunt.
The action of the verb explore.
(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
A result of research or an investigation.
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
An achievement; the process of achieving something.
(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
(intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
(transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
(transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
(transitive) To get.
(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
The act of carrying out research.
(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
The act of pursuing.
(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
To move toward the speaker.
(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
(Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
Alternative form of endeavoring. [The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.]
British standard spelling of endeavor.
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
British English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).]
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
(transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. [(chiefly) with of]
(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
(transitive) To regain or get back something.
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
To request or petition.
(obsolete) To return; to recur.
To utilize or employ.
(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
(transitive) To create.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
Effort; the act of one who strives.
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
To request forcefully.
(adj)
Capable of being searched, especially something that has an automated search function included.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(transitive) To ask questions of; to interrogate; to ask for information.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
Gain; profit.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
(transitive) To find out where something is located.
(transitive) To have or set as one's purpose or aim; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
(US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.]
(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
The act of making a claim.
(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
To demand ownership of.
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive) To possess, own.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.