LekhoriLekhoriThe act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
[…] the Company contemplated having their works at Esher—for they have had long and anxious seekings for a location—to store our gun-cotton in unlimited quantity […]
That seeks something specified.
present participle and gerund of seek
While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
From seek + -ing.
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