Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEARCH
SEARCH, v.i. [serch.]
- To seek; to look for; to make search. Once more search with me. – Shak.
- To make inquiry; to inquire. It suffices that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars. – Locke. To search for, to look for; to seek; to try to find; as, to search for a gentleman now in the house. Shak.
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