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past tense of seek
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1
to go in search of
- Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean
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2
to make a request for
- came seeking financial advice
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- asked (for),
- bespoke,
- called (for),
- desired,
- pleaded (for)
- (or pled (for) also plead (for)),
- quested,
- requested,
- solicited,
- spoke (for),
- sued (for)
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3
to make an effort to do
- seek to find the best solution
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