† underseekv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To search into; to investigate; to seek out.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)]
underseekc897
speerc900
lookeOE
askOE
seeOE
teem witnessc1200
seeka1300
fand13..
inquirec1300
undergoc1315
visit1338
pursuea1382
searcha1382
examinec1384
assay1387
ensearchc1400
vesteyea1425
to have in waitc1440
perpend1447
to bring witnessc1475
vey1512
investigate?1520
recounta1530
to call into (also in) question1534
finger1546
rip1549
sight1556
vestigatea1561
to look into ——1561
require1563
descry?1567
sound1579
question1590
resolve1593
surview1601
undersearch1609
sift1611
disquire1621
indagate1623
inspect1623
pierce1640
shrive1647
in-looka1649
probe1649
incern1656
quaeritate1657
inquisite1674
reconnoitre1740
explore1774
to bring to book1786
look-see1867
scrutate1882
to shake down1915
sleuth1939
screen1942
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xiii. 79 Ðæt is ðæt hie ðara ðing ðe him underðiodde bioð..inweardlice undersece.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1838 Wiþ þat come Sadok prikeing, Þe douke Segyn vnder-secheing.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 184 Huo þet heþ þise yefþe, he onderzekþ þe redes þet me him yefþ, and þengþ mid greate beþenchinge..yef me him ret wel.
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