forseek

词形变化

forseeks 三单 forseeking 现在分词 forsought 过去式 forsought 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.

    及物

    Always forseek alternative ways to do pretty much anything.

  2. 1.

    Misspelling of forsake.

    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.

词源

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”).

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