Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: seek – seldomly
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seek (-eth, -ing, -s, sought), v. [OE < L. sāgire to perceive by scent < Gk. 'to lead'.]
- Search for; look for; inquire after; search for by going from place to place; endeavor to find or gain by any means.
- Phrase. “Hide and Seek”: a child's game involving many children hiding from one child who is trying to find them.
seem (-s, -ed), v. [ME < ON 'honor, conform to, benefit, fitting'.]
- [Linking verb with phatic “it” subject and subordinate clause complement] feel.
- [Linking verb with prepositional phrase complement] appear; look as if.
- [Linking verb with phatic “there” subject and noun phrase complement] appear; become apparent.
- [Linking verb with past participle verb phrase complement] appear; look.
- [Linking verb with adjectival complement] appear; look.
- [Subjunctive mood linking verb with infinitive verb complement] appear; look as if.
seeming, verbal adj. [see seem, v.]
Appearing; looking; [adverbial] apparently; thus far; on the surface.
seeming, verbal n. [see seem, v.]
Liking; opinion; perception; senses.
seesaw (-ing), v. [Reduplicative form, perhaps from the motion of a saw cutting wood.]
- Vacillate; waver; be indecisive.
- Sway; rock; move precariously.
segment, n. [L. secāre, cut.]
Wedge; tip; pointed shape; triangulated form; geometric figure bound by two lines at an angle and a portion of the circumference of a circle; [fig.] apex; summit; peak.
seize, v. [OFr saisir, take hold, take possession of.]
- Possess; clasp; hug; embrace; take hold of with the hands; [fig.] enjoy; espouse.
- Expropriate; commandeer; take without permission; dispossess with a pretense of legality.
- Grab; catch; snatch; take possession of; [fig.] observe; perceive; watch; regard; notice; remember.
- Phrase. “Seize upon”: take hold; overwhelm; capture.
seldom, adj. [OE.]
Rare; scarce; infrequent; sporadic; sparing; sparse; [fig.] frugal; measured; temperate.
seldom, adv. [see seldom, adj.] (webplay: distinct, often).
- Rarely; infrequently; almost never; not very often.
- Occasionally; periodically; not regularly; not every day.
seldomly, adv. [see seldom, adj.]
Rarely; infrequently.