Meaning

(transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.
2. Misspelling of forsake.

Example Sentences

Always forseek alternative ways to do pretty much anything.

Vartue it's sed (and is an old said saw) Is for hur selfe, to be forsought alone.

And also the lay fee, sometime the noble and sometime the commons, without difference, upon chance and displeasure grown, or of truth forsought and feigned, he doth impoverish, destroy, and kill, for none other intent but that he may enjoy and use his foul pleasures […]

Stoutly undertake. Pierce the fell stratagem. Undo the fraud. Strike hard thine obstacles. So shalt thou bear Thyself to purpose. Hand and heart may ache : But idle whims shall not make thee a gaud. Brave things forseek the bold. On with thee! Dare!

The Rani also espoused their cause and marched from Garha to join them. When the astute sultan heard of this, he sent persons to the Rani with a view to inducing her to forseek her design, and thus averted a clash.

The play's characters themselves, however, offer a very different estimate: "Forseek all London from one end to t'ther, […]"

"I fear your ardor be so hot That it may but yourself consume, Or passion's flame be unallayed, You will forseek a gallet's tomb. […]"

For he is often a drunkard and then he neglects and forseeks his lords' goods and cattle or takes it thievishly and spends it.

Word Forms

• forseeks
• forseeking
• forsought

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When Should You Use Forseek?

Use forseek when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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