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noun

Search n. The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination. "Thus the orb he roamed With narrow search, and with inspection deep Considered every creature." "Nor did my search of liberty begin Till my black hairs were changed upon my chin."

Right of search (Mar. Law), the right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war.

Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.

Synonyms: Scrutiny; examination; exploration; investigation; research; inquiry; quest; pursuit.

verb

Search v. t. (past & past part. searched; pres. part. searching)

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. "Search the Scriptures." "They are come to search the house." "Search me, O God, and know my heart."

To inquire after; to look for; to seek. "I will both search my sheep, and seek them out." "Enough is left besides to search and know."

To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.

To examine; to try; to put to the test.

To search out, to seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth.

Synonyms: To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire.

Search v. i. To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt. "Once more search with me." "It sufficeth that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars."

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Etymology of 'Search'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Search" Quotes from Famous Books

... you to the inn first," said the stranger, and after fixing his red lights, Dick went off with them in search of help to make the car safer ...

— Winding Paths • Gertrude Page

... hurried search through his desk while the young man was gone. He was so upset about his loss that he had forgotten the Government ...

— For Gold or Soul? - The Story of a Great Department Store • Lurana W. Sheldon

... While some of the party are busied in washing the sands, others employ themselves farther up the torrent, where the rapidity of the stream has carried away all the clay, sand, &c. and left nothing but small pebbles. The search among these is a very troublesome task. I have seen women who have had the skin worn off the tops of their fingers in this employment. Sometimes, however, they are rewarded by finding pieces of gold, which they call sanoo birro, "gold-stones," that amply repay them for their trouble. ...

— Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa • Mungo Park

... and I said they might search me, and Mr. Shaw got angry then, and he got one of the girls to feel me all over and to turn my pockets inside out, and he called himself real kind not to get in the police. Oh, Grannie, of course they couldn't find it on me, but I was searched there ...

— Good Luck • L. T. Meade

... recently, the lady whom Uncle Remus calls "Miss Sally" missed her little seven-year-old. Making search for him through the house and through the yard, she heard the sound of voices in the old man's cabin, and, looking through the window, saw the child sitting by Uncle Remus. His head rested against the old man's arm, and he was gazing with an ...

— Uncle Remus • Joel Chandler Harris

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