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Seek out

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To try to locate; to search for. transitive

    "At the head of the fiord, and along its sides, can still be seen the hulks of German destroyers and submarines. These sought shelter in this secluded spot, but the British Navy sought them out and sank them."

  2. 2
    look for a specific person or thing wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle English *outseken, outsechen (“to seek out”). More at outseek.

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