Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LOOK, v.t.

1. To seek; to search for. Looking my love, I go from place to place. [Obs.] – Spenser.
2. To influence by looks or presence; as, to look down opposition. A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law. – Dryden. To look out, to search for and discover. Look out associates of good reputation. To look one another in the face, to meet for combat. – 2 Kings xiv. To look up a thing, is to search for it and find it; as, I do not know where the book is, I must look it up.