seek

/ˈsēk/

Middle English seken, from Old English sēcan; akin to Old High German suohhen to seek, Latin sagus prophetic, Greek hēgeisthai to lead

verb

  1. to resort to : go, to

  2. to go in search of : look, for

  3. to try to discover

idiom

  1. to try to get an amount of money to make up for damage, trouble, etc. caused by someone