Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to outseek
Participle: outsought
Gerund: outseeking
Indicative
Present
| I | outseek |
| you | outseek |
| he;she;it | outseeks |
| we | outseek |
| you | outseek |
| they | outseek |
Perfect
| I | have outsought |
| you | have outsought |
| he;she;it | has outsought |
| we | have outsought |
| you | have outsought |
| they | have outsought |
Past
| I | outsought |
| you | outsought |
| he;she;it | outsought |
| we | outsought |
| you | outsought |
| they | outsought |
Pluperfect
| I | had outsought |
| you | had outsought |
| he;she;it | had outsought |
| we | had outsought |
| you | had outsought |
| they | had outsought |
Future
| I | will outseek |
| you | will outseek |
| he;she;it | will outseek |
| we | will outseek |
| you | will outseek |
| they | will outseek |
Future Perfect
| I | will have outsought |
| you | will have outsought |
| he;she;it | will have outsought |
| we | will have outsought |
| you | will have outsought |
| they | will have outsought |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | outseek |
| you | outseek |
| he;she;it | outseek |
| we | outseek |
| you | outseek |
| they | outseek |
Perfect
| I | have outsought |
| you | have outsought |
| he;she;it | have outsought |
| we | have outsought |
| you | have outsought |
| they | have outsought |
Imperfect
| I | outsought |
| you | outsought |
| he;she;it | outsought |
| we | outsought |
| you | outsought |
| they | outsought |
Pluperfect
| I | had outsought |
| you | had outsought |
| he;she;it | had outsought |
| we | had outsought |
| you | had outsought |
| they | had outsought |
Conditional
Present
| I | would outseek |
| you | would outseek |
| he;she;it | would outseek |
| we | would outseek |
| you | would outseek |
| they | would outseek |
Perfect
| I | would have outsought |
| you | would have outsought |
| he;she;it | would have outsought |
| we | would have outsought |
| you | would have outsought |
| they | would have outsought |
Imperative
| you | outseek |
| we | Let's outseek |
| you | outseek |
Verbs similar to 'outseek'
outsee,
atseek,
outfeel,
outjeer,
outkeep,
outpeep,
outpeer,
outsell,
outsend,
outset,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *outseken, outsechen. Equivalent to out- + seek. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutsäike, West Frisian útsykje (“to seek out”), Dutch uitzoeken (“to pick, sort out, investigate”), Low German utsöken, German aussuchen (“to choose, select, pick out”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'uutsäike', Dutch '
uitzoeken', Low Saxon 'utsöken', German, old spelling '
aussuchen'.
Verbs referencing "outseek"
German, old spelling
aussuchen.
Sample Sentences
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[…] Who thro' mist and darkness still the truth outsought; […] [1912, Classical Association (Great Britain), The Classical review: Volume 26]
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[…] a selling bank — one that is outseeking and outreaching, one that goes after customers as contrasted with waiting on them. [1987, Building a selling culture]