seek for

Verb

Meaning

seek for (third-person singular simple present seeks for, present participle seeking for, simple past and past participle sought for)

(now rare) To try to find or attain; to seek.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

gravitate covet

Examples

If man doesn't start to work on himself, then the devil will find another job for him - to seek for flaws in others. Paisios of Mount Athos

In times of temptation, the weak seek for someone to blame, but the strong seek for God. John Chrysostom

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Rumi

If you want to know secrets, seek for them in trouble or in pleasure. Spanish Proverb

The path of duty lies in what is near at hand, but men seek for it in what is remote. Japanese Proverb

Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth would seek for warmth and weal. Norse Proverb

Close letter words and terms

seek converts seek converts among seek counsel seek in law seek information from seek opinion of