outseek

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verb

To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research.

OriginMiddle English *outseken →
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Meanings

verboutseek (third-person singular simple present outseeks, present participle outseeking, simple past and past participle outsought)

present singular third person outseeks · participle present outseeking · participle past outsought · past outsought

  1. transitiveTo seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research.

    […] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […]

    1912, Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review: Volume 26
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    […] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them.

    1987, Building a selling culture

Origin

  1. Middle English*outseken
  2. Englishoutseek

From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”).

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APA

outseek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outseek

MLA

“outseek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outseek. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outseek,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outseek.

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