Synonyms for search out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : surch
Phonetic Transcription : sɜrtʃ

Top 10 synonyms for search out Other synonyms for the word search out

Définition of search out

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French cerchier "to search" (12c., Modern French chercher), from Latin circare "go about, wander, traverse," in Late Latin "to wander hither and thither," from circus "circle" (see circus). Phrase search me as a verbal shrug of ignorance first recorded 1901. Search engine attested from 1988. Search and destroy as a modifier is 1966, American English, from the Vietnam War. Search and rescue is from 1944.
  • As in locate : verb find
  • As in oppose : verb fight, obstruct
  • As in pursue : verb chase, follow
  • As in seek : verb look for
  • As in challenge : verb dispute, question
  • As in ferret out : verb search out
Example sentences :
  • If we succeed in discovering him, I mean to offer my services to search out the girl.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • Sire, I openly repeat them, that your majesty may search out the truth.
  • Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • You are here to do justice to everybody, and it is your duty to search out the truth.
  • Extract from : « Columba » by Prosper Merimee
  • Was it my duty to search out Jefferson and convict him of this crime?
  • Extract from : « The Four Pools Mystery » by Jean Webster
  • I have long had a desire to search out the land in that direction.
  • Extract from : « The Norsemen in the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • James appointed commissioners to search out what was wrong with Virginia.
  • Extract from : « Pioneers of the Old South » by Mary Johnston
  • But when we search out the springs of his power we are amazed at his secret.
  • Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
  • The call seemed to search out this very spot, but he did not answer.
  • Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
  • Polly sat and stared at her companion as if to search out the truth.
  • Extract from : « Polly's Business Venture » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • Do not search out this man, however; leave your quarrel in God's hands.
  • Extract from : « Moscow » by Fred Whishaw

Antonyms for search out

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