outseek

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- +‎ seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”). === Verb === outseek (third-person singular simple present outseeks, present participle outseeking, simple past and past participle outsought) (transitive) To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research. 1912, Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review: Volume 26: […] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […] 1987, Building a selling culture: […] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them. ==== Derived terms ==== outseeker outseeking === See also === seek out === Anagrams === ekes out, seek out