SEARCH, verb transitive serch 1. To look over or through for the purpose of finding something; to explore; to examine by inspection; as, to search the house for a book; to search the wood for a thief. Send though men, that they may search the land of Canaan. Numbers 13:2. 2. To inquire; to seek for. Enough is left besides to search and know. Milton. 3. To probe; to seek the knowledge of by feeling with instrument; as to search a wound. 4. To examine; to try. Psalms 139:23S To search out, to seek till found, or to find by seeking; as, to search out truth. Watts. SEARCH, verb intransitive serch. 1. To seek; to look for; to make search Once more search with me. Shak. 2. To make inquiry; to inquire. It suffices that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. Locke. To search for, to look for; to seek; to find; as, to search for a gentleman now in the house. Shak. SEARCH, noun serch. 1. A seeking or looking for something that is lost, or the place of which us unknown; with for or after; as a search for lost money; a search for mines of gold and silver; a search after happiness or knowledge. 2. Inquiry; a seeking. He spent his life in search of truth. 3. Quest; pursuit for finding. Nor did my search of liberty begin, Till my black hairs were chang'd upon my chin. Dryden.
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