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outseek

outseek verb: to seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research.

Verb

outseek (third-person singular simple present outseeks, present participle outseeking, simple past and past participle outsought)

  1. (transitive) To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research.
    • […] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […]1912, Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review: Volume 26
    • […] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them.1987, Building a selling culture

Forms of outseek

third-person singular presentoutseeks
present participleoutseeking
past participleoutsought
pastoutsought

Origin of outseek

From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”).

Words formed from outseek

  • outseeker
  • outseeking

Questions about outseek

What does outseek mean?
Outseek means to seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research.
What part of speech is outseek?
Outseek is a verb.
What is the past tense of outseek?
The past tense of outseek is outsought.

Words near outseek in the dictionary

  1. outsearched
  2. outsearches
  3. outsearching
  4. outsee
  5. outseeing
  6. outseek
  7. outseen
  8. outsees
  9. outseg
  10. outsegged
  11. outsegging

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