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secan

Pronunciation: /ˈseː.t͡ʃɑn/

“secan” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to look for, seek
  2. to visit
  3. to attack (especially by an organized group or a military force)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“track down, seek out”). Cognate with Old Frisian sēka (West Frisian sykje), Old Saxon sōkian (Low German sooken), Dutch zoeken, Old High German suohhen (German suchen), Old Norse sǿkja (Swedish söka), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan); and with Latin sagiō (“sense by smell”), Albanian shikoj (“to see,…

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