尋たずね求もとめる

ichidan verb

seek for; search for; look for

A somewhat literary or formal verb meaning to actively look for something, often with a sense of earnestness or thoroughness. Less common in casual speech than 探す.

• 彼かれは真しん理りを尋たずね求もとめて旅たびに出でた。

  He set out on a journey to seek the truth.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんを尋たずね求もとめて図と書しょ館かんに通かよった。

  I frequented the library in search of old documents.