v. Obs. [UP- 4. Cf. WFris. opsiikje, Du. opzoeken, MSW. up-, opsökia (Sw. uppsöka), Da. opsøge.] trans. To seek or search out; to search through.
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 1581. Þanne aȝte … wyues nauȝt aȝens men Non on-wrestnesse werche,… And nauȝt onwrest opsechen hy.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 12010. Grete palis of prise [þai] put into askys,… And all the Cite vp soght to þe sad walles.
a. 1500. Coventry Corpus Chr. Pl., i. 809. All the chylder of that age dy the[y] mvst nede; Now with all my myght the[y] schall be vpsoght.
1615–6. Boys, Wks. (1630), 462. That we should not expect vntill other vpseeke vs, but that we should seeke and serue them.
