Webster's Dictionary 1913

2647

Seek (2)

Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sought (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. sēcan, sēcean; akin to OS. sōkian, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. sækja, Sw. ...

2648

Seek (3)

Seek (?), v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16.To seek, needing to seek or search; hence,...

2649

Seek-no-further

Seek″–no–fur′ther (?), n. A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; — formerly called go-no-further.

2650

Seek-sorrow

Seek″–sor′row (?), n. One who contrives to give himself vexation. Sir P. Sidney.

2651

Seeker

Seek″er (?), n. 1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.2. (Eccl.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to...

2652

Seel

Seel (sēl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Seeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Seeling.] [F. siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.] 1. (Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird)...

2653

Seel (2)

Seel, v. i. [Cf. LG. sielen to lead off water, F. siller to run ahead, to make headway, E. sile, v.t.] To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. Sir W. Raleigh.

2654

Seel (3)

{ Seel (?), Seel″ing, } n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. Sandys.

2655

Seel (4)

Seel, n. [AS. sǣl, from sǣl good, prosperous. See Silly.] 1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. “So have I seel”. Chaucer.2. Time; season; as, hay seel.

2656

Seelily

Seel″i‐ly (?), adv. In a silly manner.

2657

Seely

Seel″y (?), a. See Silly. Spenser.

2658

Seem

Seem (sēm), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Seemed (sēmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Seeming.] [OE. semen to seem, to become, befit, AS. sēman to satisfy, pacify; akin to Icel. sæma to honor, to bear w...

2659

Seem (2)

Seem, v. t. To befit; to beseem. Spenser.

2660

Seemer

Seem″er (?), n. One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance.Hence shall we see,If power change purpose, what our seemers be. Shak.

2661

Seeming

Seem″ing, a. Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.My lord, you have lost a friend indeed;And...

2662

Seeming (2)

Seem″ing, n. 1. Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.These keepSeeming and savor all the winter long. Shak.2. Apprehension; judgment. Chaucer.Nothing more ...

2663

Seemingly

Seem″ing‐ly, adv. In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.This the father seemingly complied with. Addison.

2664

Seemingness

Seem″ing‐ness, n. Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility. Sir K. Digby.

2665

Seemless

Seem″less, a. Unseemly. Spenser.

2666

Seemlily

Seem″li‐ly (?), adv. In a seemly manner.

2667

Seemliness

Seem″li‐ness, n. The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

2668

Seemly

Seem″ly (?), a. [Compar.Seemlier (�); superl.Seeliest.] [Icel. s�miligr, fr. s�mr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, f...

2669

Seemly (2)

Seem″ly (?), adv. [Compar.Seemlier; superl.Seemliest.] In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.Suddenly a men before him stood,Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad,As one ...

2670

Seemlyhed

Seem″ly‐hed (?), n. [See -hood.] Comely or decent appearance. Rom. of R. Spenser.

2671

Seen

Seen (?), p. p. of See.

2672

Seen (2)

Seen, a. Versed; skilled; accomplished.Well seen in every science that mote be. Spenser.Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen,Than his great brother read in states and men. Dryden.

2673

Seep

{ Seep (?), orSipe (?) }, v. i. [AS. sīpan to distill.] To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.Water seeps up through the sidewalks. G. W. Cable.