求もとむる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

to want; to seek; to request

Archaic or highly literary godan verb. In modern Japanese, 求める (もとめる) is used instead. This form may appear in classical texts, poetry, or deliberately old-fashioned writing.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには「平へい和わを求もとむる」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, the expression 'to seek peace' can be found.

• 「求もとむる」は現げん代だい語ごの「求もとめる」に相そう当とうする文ぶん語ご的てきな動どう詞しだ。

  '求むる' is a classical verb equivalent to the modern '求める'.