SEEK

v. 1 look (for), search (for), hunt (for), go or be after, quest after, pursue They are seeking a really good site for a grand luxury hotel Seek and ye shall find. 2 hope, aim, aspire, try, essay, endeavour, undertake They are seeking to recruit members for the new party 3 ask for, request, beg, solicit, invite; demand He sought her help and she refused him