Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sought"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Seeking}.] [OE, seken, AS. s?can, s?cean; akin to OS.
s?kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
Icel. s?kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s?kjan, and E.
sake. Cf. {Beseech}, {Ransack}, {Sagacious}, {Sake}, {Soc}.]
1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to
find.

The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15,16.

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.

Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
xi. 16.

3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.

Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
--Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sought \Sought\,
imp. & p. p. of {Seek}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sought
adj 1: that is looked for; "the long sought relatives"
2: being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the
silver candelabrum" [syn: {sought-after(a)}]

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