forseek

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *forseken (attested in forsoȝt), from Old English forsēcan, forsēċan (“to afflict, attack”). By surface analysis, for- +‎ seek. Compare West Frisian fersykje (“to request, petition”), Dutch verzoeken (“to request, ask, petition”), German versuchen (“to attempt, try”). ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== forseek (third-person singular simple present forseeks, present participle forseeking, simple past and past participle forsought) (transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== forseek Misspelling of forsake. 1968, Madhya Pradesh (India), V. S. Krishnan, Madhya Pradesh district gazetteers: The Rani also espoused their cause and marched from Garha to join them. When the astute sultan heard of this, he sent persons to the Rani with a view to inducing her to forseek her design, and thus averted a clash. === Anagrams === seek for