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once. b see (something) through. persevere, persist, manage,<br />

survive, last, ride out, Colloq stick out: Once you start on<br />

something, I wish you'd see it through. c see (someone)<br />

through. provide with help or aid or assistance, help, aid,<br />

assist, last: We'll give you enough money to see you through.<br />

15 see to. See 12(a), above.<br />

seed n. 1 grain, spore, kernel, pit, tuber, bulb, corm, Technical<br />

ovum, ovule, embryo, egg, germ: Add water and the seeds will<br />

soon germinate. 2 origin, source, cause, root, provocation,<br />

reason, basis, grounds; motive, motivation, motivating factor:<br />

<strong>The</strong> seeds <strong>of</strong> suspicion were sown by the continuous police<br />

presence in the neighbourhood. 3 <strong>of</strong>fspring, children, progeny,<br />

young, issue, descendants, heirs, successors: Yea, and verily I<br />

say unto you that his seed shall populate the earth. 4 go or run<br />

to seed. run down, become dilapidated or worn out or shabby,<br />

decay, go downhill, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, go to rack<br />

and ruin, Colloq go to pot: If he doesn't start to look after<br />

it, the entire place will go to seed.<br />

--v. 5 scatter, sow, distribute: Don't walk on the freshly<br />

seeded lawn.<br />

seedy adj. 1 shabby, dilapidated, worn (out), decayed, deteriorated,<br />

run-down, broken-down, mangy, grubby, decaying, tatty, scruffy,<br />

squalid, sleazy, Colloq ratty: <strong>The</strong>y live in a seedy little<br />

shack on the other side <strong>of</strong> town. 2 tired, weary, wearied,<br />

run-down, worn out, unwell, out <strong>of</strong> sorts, ailing, ill, sickly,<br />

Colloq poorly, under the weather, <strong>of</strong>f one's feed: I begged <strong>of</strong>f<br />

at dinner time because I was feeling a bit seedy.<br />

seeing conjunction. in view <strong>of</strong> (the fact that), whereas, in (the)<br />

light <strong>of</strong>, inasmuch as, since, considering: Seeing that you are<br />

here, you might as well tell her yourself.<br />

seek v. 1 look (for), search (for), hunt (for), go or be after,<br />

quest after, pursue: <strong>The</strong>y are seeking a really good site for a<br />

grand luxury hotel. Seek and ye shall find. 2 hope, aim,<br />

aspire, try, essay, endeavour, undertake: <strong>The</strong>y are seeking to<br />

recruit members for the new party. 3 ask for, request, beg,<br />

solicit, invite; demand: He sought her help and she refused<br />

him.

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