seek out

verb

Etymology: From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle English *outseken, outsechen (“to seek out”). More at outseek.

1. To try to locate; to search for.

   “At the head of the fiord, and along its sides, can still be seen the hulks of German destroyers and submarines. These sought shelter in this secluded spot, but the British Navy sought them out and sank them.”

   “Some of us order far more than we need online. Some of us are so deep in the countryside that delivery vans must divert their routes to seek us out.”