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† throughˈseek, v. Obs.
Forms: see through prep. and seek v.
[OE. þurhsécan, f. þurh, through adv. + sécan to seek: cf. OHG. durh-suohhan, Ger. durchsuchen.]
1. trans. To seek or search through; to search or examine thoroughly.
a1050Liber Scintill. 209 Conquirens, þurhsecende. c1200Ormin 242 Her endenn twa Goddspelless þuss, & uss birrþ hemm þurrhsekenn. a1225Leg. Kath. 520 Þa he hefde al þet lond ouergan & þurhsoht. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2440 When alle þi life sal be thurgh soght. 1489Skelton Dethe Erle Northumbld. 179 Whose pere is hard to fynd, Algife Englond and Fraunce were thorow saught.
2. To penetrate; to imbue or saturate thoroughly; in quot. a 1450, to pierce, run through with a weapon.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 He..mid te shene attre þurh secheð al þe soule. c1250Death 54 in O.E. Misc. 170 And in euche lime Deþ us hafð þurh-soht. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. i. (Skeat) l. 120 Purely mated with sorowe through sought. 1390Gower Conf. I. 106 His wit..is with pride so thurghsoght, That he alle othre set at noght. a1450Le Morte Arth. 2873 Thys qarell leve wyll I noght, Ne pees shall ther neuer be sayne Or thy sydes be throw sought. |