"outseek" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English outseken",
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        "2": "útsykje",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "uitzoeken",
        "t": "to pick, sort out, investigate"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "nds-de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Low German utsöken",
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        "2": "aussuchen",
        "t": "to choose, select, pick out"
      },
      "expansion": "German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English outseken, equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), German Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”).",
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      "form": "outseeks",
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "outsought",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "outsought",
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        "past"
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        {
          "word": "outseeker"
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        {
          "ref": "1912, Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review: Volume 26",
          "text": "[…] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […]"
        },
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          "ref": "1987, Building a selling culture",
          "text": "[…] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them."
        }
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        "To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research."
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          "seek out",
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          "search",
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          "research",
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        "(transitive) To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research."
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      "word": "outseeker"
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    {
      "word": "outseeking"
    }
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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        "t": "to pick, sort out, investigate"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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      "expansion": "German Low German utsöken",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "de",
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        "t": "to choose, select, pick out"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English outseken, equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), German Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”).",
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    {
      "form": "outsought",
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          "text": "[…] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […]"
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          "text": "[…] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them."
        }
      ],
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        "To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research."
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