SEARCHING, participle passive serch'ing. 1. Looking into or over; exploring; examining; inquiring; seeking; investigating. 2. adjective Penetrating; trying; close; as a searching discourse. SEARCHING, noun search'ing. Exanination; severe inquisition. Judges 5:16.
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