(a) To go about searching, make a search; explore; (b) to search through (land, a house, etc.); scout (land); explore (places, the foundations of the earth); ransack (a trunk), pillage (a city); (c) to overrun (land), occupy in force.

(a) To seek (sb. or sth.), seek out, look for; also, fig. seek (God, heaven, advice, etc.); look for (a quality in sb.); ~ after, search for (sth.), look for; ~ oute, search for (sb.); (b) to dig for (sth.); ~ up, dig up (ground); (c) to ascertain (God's commandments), keep; (d) to attack (an enemy, a city); ~ oute, pursue and attack (an enemy); ~ to, reach (an enemy).

(a) To look for (books, narratives, legal precedents, etc.); also, look through (books), study; ~ oute; (b) to make a search in official records; ~ for (after), search for (sth.); haven don serched, have a search made.

(a) To carry out research, inquire, make an inquiry; inquire into (an action, causes, facts, etc.), investigate; analyze (the nature of sth.); find out (sth., what sth. is, etc.) by inquiry; ~ aboutes, look around to find out (if sth. is so); ~ for, seek (knowledge); ~ in, look into (a medical condition); ~ of, look into (sth.); ~ oute, seek (sth.) thoroughly; ppl. serched as adj.: analyzed in detail; (b) to scrutinize (God's ways, someone's sin, a mystery); examine (sth., someone's conscience, heart, conduct, etc.), evaluate; ~ oute, criticize (a text) minutely; (c) to take thought; devise means (to do sth.); ~ in wit up and doun, rack one's brains; ~ (oute) weie, devise a plan; ~ wit, plan how (to do sth.); (d) to measure (sth.); measure up (carcasses); take the measurements of (the heavens); ascertain (the size, length, or breadth of sth.); ~ oute, measure (sth.).

(a) To interrogate (a prisoner), examine (sb.) by questioning; (b) to make an examination; examine (someone's person); examine the luggage of (sb.), search.

(a) To examine a wound (with a surgical probe); examine (a wound, dressing, etc.), often with a surgical probe; examine (a patient); diagnose (a condition); also, have (a wound) examined [last quot.]; ~ for, examine (wounds); (b) to dress (a wound with ointments).

(a) To inspect guildsmen's materials; examine the qualifications, equipment, etc. of (a member or an employee of a guild); inspect (materials, equipment); (b) to inspect (a ship, ship's cargo) for customs purposes.

To gather together (the spoils of battle).