sought : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sought	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sought
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sought adj that is looked for; "the long sought relatives" being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum" Synonym(s): sought, sought-after(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeking}.] [OE, seken, AS. s[?]can, s[?]cean; akin to OS. s[?]kian, LG. s[94]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s[?]kja, Sw. s[94]ka, Dan. s[94]ge, Goth. s[?]kjan, and E. sake. Cf. {Beseech}, {Ransack}, {Sagacious}, {Sake}, {Soc}.] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 15,16. 2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke xi. 16. 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. 4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5. Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sought \Sought\, imp. & p. p. of {Seek}.