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soughtest

soughtest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of seek.

Meaning of seek

Verb

seek (third-person singular simple present seeks, present participle seeking, simple past and past participle sought or (verb sense 7 or verb sense 8, otherwise nonstandard) seeked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
    • I seek wisdom.
    Synonyms:
    look for, search for
  2. (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after.
    • I sought my fortune on the goldfields.
  3. (transitive) To try to reach or come to (a location).
    • When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.
  4. (intransitive) To attempt, to try [with infinitive ‘to do something’].
    • Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.
  5. (transitive) To ask for; to solicit.
    • I seek forgiveness through repentance.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To go, to move, to travel (in a given direction).
    • Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich]...

See all 10 meanings of seek

Forms of soughtest

alternative formsought'st
alternative formsoughtst

Questions about soughtest

What is soughtest the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Soughtest is the second-person singular simple past indicative of seek.

Words near soughtest in the dictionary

  1. sought one's fortune
  2. sought one's virtuous couch
  3. sought out
  4. sought-after
  5. soughten
  6. soughtest
  7. soughtst
  8. Sougrakpam
  9. Souhegan
  10. Souillac
  11. soujee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soughtest (page history and authors); seek (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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