v. Obs. Also 4 onderzeke. [OE. undersécan (see UNDER-1 8 a and SEEK v.), OLFrank. undersuocan (Du. onderzoeken), MHG. undersuochen (G. untersuchen), Sw. undersöka, Da. -søge.] trans. To search into; to investigate; to seek out.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xiii. 79. Ðæt is ðæt hie ðara ðing ðe him underðiodde bioð … inweardlice undersece.
13[?]. Guy Warw. (A.), 1838. Wiþ þat come Sadok prikeing, Þe douke Segyn vnder-secheing.
1340. Ayenb., 184. Huo þet heþ þise yefþe, he onderzekþ þe redes þet me him yefþ, and þengþ mid greate beþenchinge … yef me him ret wel.
