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Seeking   /sˈikɪŋ/   Listen
Seeking

noun
1.
The act of searching for something.  Synonym: quest.
2.
An attempt to acquire or gain something.


Seek

verb
(past & past part. sought; pres. part. seeking)
1.
Try to get or reach.  "Seek an education" , "Seek happiness"
2.
Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.  Synonyms: look for, search.  "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
3.
Make an effort or attempt.  Synonyms: assay, attempt, essay, try.  "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps" , "The police attempted to stop the thief" , "He sought to improve himself" , "She always seeks to do good in the world"
4.
Go to or towards.
5.
Inquire for.



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"Seeking" Quotes from Famous Books



... extension of slavery. The "Dred Scott decision" by the Supreme Court of the United States, declaring "slaves to be not persons but property" and the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional and void, had roused a whirlwind of indignation throughout the Northern States. Those who were seeking to prevent the extension of slavery into the Territories were stigmatized by their opponents as traitors defying the Constitution. While this supported the claim of the Garrisonians that the Constitution did sanction slavery and protect the slaveholder, yet the majority of the anti-slavery people ...
— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper
... In seeking a hiding place he had two things in mind besides concealment. One was to keep close to the place where the fire burned lower and lower, so that when the proper time came he could be there to do his part in the program. The other ...
— Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise - or, The Dash for Dixie • Louis Arundel
... precipices of limestone diversify the wood and show through the trees, tall and white beyond them. One has to pick one's way very carefully along the steep from one night's camp to another, and often one spends whole hours seeking up and down to turn a face of rock one ...
— Hills and the Sea • H. Belloc
... remains of the unfortunate Dr. Grimshaw were laid out preparatory to burial. Jacquelina, in a bewildered stupor of remorse, wandered vaguely from room to room, seeking rest and finding none. "I have caused a fellow creature's death!" That was the envenomed thought that corroded her heart's centre. From her bosom, too, peace had fled. It was near noon when the ...
— The Missing Bride • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
... make an onsetting cold go away, end a bout of sinusitis, end an asthmatic attack, reduce the pain of acute arthritic inflammation, reduce or stop an allergic reaction. Enemas are also thrifty: they are self-administered and can prevent most doctor's visits seeking relief ...
— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon


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