Definition of search

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Search (v. t.) To inquire after; to look for; to seek.

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Spere :: Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
Canvass :: Canvass (v. i.) To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for..
Prowl :: Prowl (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty..
Searchableness :: Searchableness (n.) Quality of being searchable.
Dowse :: Dowse (v. i.) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc..
Investigate :: Investigate (v. t.) To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena..
Seek :: Seek (v. t.) To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
Tumble :: Tumble (v. t.) To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; -- sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or papers..
Etymologize :: Etymologize (v. t.) To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
Dowser :: Dowser (n.) A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod..
Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf..
Searched :: Searched (imp. & p. p.) of Searc.
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.
Ransack :: Ransack (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house..
Ae :: Ae () A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E..
Rake :: Rake (v. t.) To search through; to scour; to ransack.
Inscrutable :: Inscrutable (a.) Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event..
Spy :: Spy (v. t.) To discover by close search or examination.
Search :: Search (v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt..
Wrecker :: Wrecker (n.) One who searches fro, or works upon, the wrecks of vessels, etc. Specifically: (a) One who visits a wreck for the purpose of plunder. (b) One who is employed in saving property or lives from a wrecked vessel, or in saving the vessel; as, the wreckers of Key West..
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