Emily Dickinson Lexicon

search, n. [AFr 'seek' < L. circare, to go round, circle.] (webplay: place, report, to find, unknown).

1. Investigation; scrutiny; attempt to locate, detect, track down, pin down, or lay hands on; [fig.] possession; ownership; occupancy.
2. Phrase. “in search of”: looking; in a quest for; desiring to discover; going in all directions in order to find.