English Explanatory Dictionary

underseek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To examine; explore; investigate.
  2. To spend too little time or effort in seeking.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underseek.wav

Word forms

underseek underseeks underseeking undersought

Etymology

From Middle English underseken, onderseken (also undersechen), from Old English undersēcan (“to investigate, examine”), equivalent to under- + seek. Cognate with West Frisian ûndersykje (“to research”), Dutch onderzoeken (“to investigate, probe, examine”), German untersuchen (“to examine, investigate, explore”).

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