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seech

seech verb: lancashire, West Country, and possibly other dialects' form of seek.

Verb

seech (third-person singular simple present seeches, present participle seeching, simple past and past participle sought or seeched)

  1. (obsolete, possibly) Lancashire, West Country, and possibly other dialects' form of seek.
    • "I have spokken for misel',—an' for thee too. To th' best o' my thinkin', Jone,—wherever yo finden folk yo'n find foos." "Well; it's th' likeliest shop to seech form 'em in, as how 'tis." "It is, owd lad; an' if yo leeten of onybody at o', yo connot go wrang."1879, Edwin Waugh, The chimney corner, page 208
    • Thereupon I went an' fotch'd Bob Howt an' Jem Ashworth to help me to seech^([sic]) for 'em, but o' to no use. So I said, 'What think'n yo' if they'n getten back to their owd shop? Let us goo seerch^([sic]) for 'em theer.'1883, M. R. Lahee, Acquitted Though Guilty, Or, The Tenant of Wild Bank: A Lancashire Story, page 119

Examples of seech in a sentence

  • His seechin for some time wur like Will Whistler's hunt for crabfish i' Snig Bruck—he couldn't clap his honds on wot he wanted.1884, James Taylor Staton, Rays Fro Th' Loominary: A Selection of Comic Lancashire Tales Adapted for Public Reading Or Reciting, page 30:
  • Aw seeched for him till th' singing wur o'er, an' aw fund aw met as weel give it up; so aw gan it up, an' made mi way eaut o'th' palace.1896, Benjamin Brierley, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories in Three Volumes, page 51:

Forms of seech

third-person singular presentseeches
present participleseeching
past participlesought
pastsought
past participleseeched
pastseeched

Origin of seech

An alternative development of Middle English sēchen, seken, from Old English sēċan. Compare beseech (vs beseek).

Questions about seech

What does seech mean?
Seech means lancashire, West Country, and possibly other dialects' form of seek.
How do you use seech in a sentence?
His seechin for some time wur like Will Whistler's hunt for crabfish i' Snig Bruck—he couldn't clap his honds on wot he wanted.
What part of speech is seech?
Seech is a verb.
What is the past tense of seech?
The past tense of seech is sought.

Words near seech in the dictionary

  1. Seeburger
  2. Seebury
  3. seecatch
  4. seecatchie
  5. seecatchies
  6. seech
  7. seeched
  8. seeches
  9. seechin'
  10. seeching
  11. seed

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