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▪ I. seeking, vbl. n.|ˈsiːkɪŋ|
For forms see the vb.
[f. seek v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. seek in its various senses.
(it is) of my own seeking: said of a misfortune that has been brought about by one's own fault. Also negatively, it is not (colloq. it is none) of my seeking: said of an honour or success, or of a quarrel or the like, which the speaker disclaims having sought.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5930 Þan asswyþe pers þey soght, But al here sekyng was for noȝt. 1470–85Malory Arthur x. lii. 500 Fyrste to the vncoupelynge, to the sekynge, to the rechate,..and many other blastes and termes. c1500Lancelot 2503 And gawan, which was in the seeking ȝhit Of the gud knycht, of hyme haith got no wit. 1535Coverdale Job xi. 7 Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? a1643Cartwright Siedge ii. iii, You hear the Tyrant's wonderfully taken With us: It was none of our seeking; Fortune Hath thrown the Dignity into our Lap. 1668[Bethel] World's Mistake in O. Cromwell 13 Instead of answering his seekings, the Marchants remonstrated to him, the great prejudice that a Warr with Spain would be to England. 1671Milton P.R. iii. 151 Of glory as thou wilt, said he, so deem, Worth or not worth the seeking, let it pass. 1718Motteux Quix. (1733) II. 23 Why that's well quoth Sancho: a happy Seeking and a happy Finding. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Sutherl. I. 98 The misfortune is entirely of my own seeking. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 288 They had been involved in hostilities which were not of their own seeking.
†b. The object of seeking. Obs. rare.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxvi. 13 And fra now .i. sall seke þi face lastandly til my ded and þat .i. fynd my sekynge. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xii. (Mathias) 437 Þane socht þay hyme dais thre..til hyme-self one þe thryd day askyt þare sekyne. 1607Shakes. Cor. i. i. 192 What's their seeking? Men. For Corne at their owne rates, wherof they say The Citie is well stor'd.
▪ II. seeking, ppl. a.|ˈsiːkɪŋ|
[f. seek v. + -ing2.]
That seeks, in various senses of the vb.
1483Cath. Angl. 328/2 Sekynge, querens, scrutans. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (Sommer) 249 Pamela only casting a seeking looke, whether she could see Dorus. 1656Sibbes' Confer. Christ & Mary To Rdr. 4 Christ, (who is never far absent from a seeking soul). 1715E. Erskine Wks. (1871) I. 51 Wind is of a very seeking penetrating nature. 1859R. H. Hutton Ess. v. (1871) I. 122 Inspirations addressed to the seeking intellect of the philosopher. |