"forseek" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: forseeks [present, singular, third-person], forseeking [participle, present], forsought [participle, past], forsought [past]
Etymology: From Middle English *forseken (attested in forsoȝt), from Old English forsēcan, forsēċan (“to afflict, attack”), equivalent to for- + seek. Compare West Frisian fersykje (“to request, petition”), Dutch verzoeken (“to request, ask, petition”), German versuchen (“to attempt, try”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*forseken}} Middle English *forseken, {{m|enm|forsoȝt}} forsoȝt, {{inh|en|ang|forsēcan}} Old English forsēcan, {{m|ang|forsēċan|t=to afflict, attack}} forsēċan (“to afflict, attack”), {{pre|en|for|seek}} for- + seek, {{cog|fy|fersykje|t=to request, petition}} West Frisian fersykje (“to request, petition”), {{cog|nl|verzoeken|t=to request, ask, petition}} Dutch verzoeken (“to request, ask, petition”), {{cog|de|versuchen|t=to attempt, try}} German versuchen (“to attempt, try”) Head templates: {{en-verb|forseeks|forseeking|forsought}} forseek (third-person singular simple present forseeks, present participle forseeking, simple past and past participle forsought)
  1. (transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-forseek-en-verb-wISFou0F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} forseek
  1. Misspelling of forsake. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: forsake
    Sense id: en-forseek-en-verb-jDzDUJ-v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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