v. Obs. For forms see SEEK. [OE. aséc(e)an, f. A- pref. 1 + sécan to SEEK.] To seek for, search after.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. cxix. 95. Wyllað me laðe lifes asecean.
c. 1205. Lay., 27866. Arður asechen lette, alle þa riche, Kinges and eorles.
1413. Lydg., Pylgr. Sowle, I. xii. 9. He hath long tyme asoȝt the cyte of heuenly Jerusalem.
