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search(1)(dictionary)
Search 3.4-7(law)
Search(medicine)
SEARCH, RIGHT OF, mar(law)
TITLE SEARCH(law)
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search(1) (iou)



search noun1. LME.
[Anglo-Norman serche, Old French cerche (mod. cherche), formed as SEARCH verb1, or directly from SEARCH verb1.]
The action or an act of searching; (an instance of) examination, investigation, or scrutiny for the purpose of finding someone or something or of finding out something. Foll. by after, for, of. LME.
global search: see GLOBAL 2. in search of in quest of, in order to find; occupied in searching for, trying to find. LINEAR search. make a search, make search search (for some lost, concealed, or desired object). picture search: see PICTURE noun. right of search the right of a ship (esp. a warship) of a belligerent State to stop and search a neutral merchant vessel for prohibited goods. tree search: see TREE noun.
Sir W. Scott Robin..absconded, and escaped all search. B. Jowett Our discussion..has been a search after knowledge. Science Without the computer, a visual search through printed lists would have been required. E. Baker Continued her search and eventually..found the thin volume. What Mortgage Final searches..made on the title deeds.
b. An examination of one's conscience, an act of introspection. E16-L17.
a. An examiner; spec. in a Bridgettine convent, each of the sisters entrusted with the supervision of the nuns' behaviour. LME-M17.
b. A search-party. Only in E17.
A range to which searching extends. E17-L18.
A searching effect (of cold or wind). rare. E17.
Comb.: search coil = exploring coil s.v. EXPLORE 2; search engine Computing a program which searches for and identifies specified items in a database or network, esp. the Internet; searchlight noun & verb (a) noun a powerful electric light with a concentrated beam that can be turned in any desired direction; the beam of such a light; (b) verb trans. illuminate with a searchlight; search-party a group of people organized to look for a lost person or thing; search warrant a warrant authorizing the entering and searching of a building.
searchful adjective (long rare) full of anxious attention; diligent in searching: L16.
searchless adjective inscrutable, impenetrable, resisting investigation E17-M19.