v.
  - try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly. 
▸examine thoroughly in order to find something.
 ▸look for information in (a computer network or database) by using a search engine.
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[as adj. searching]
 scrutinizing thoroughly, especially in a disconcerting way.
 
n.
 an act of searching. 
▸Law  an investigation of public records to find if a property is subject to any liabilities or encumbrances.
 ▸Computing  the systematic retrieval of information, or the facility for this.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - search me!
 informal I do not know. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - searchability n.
  - searchable adj.
  - searcher n.
  - searchingly adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. cerchier (v.), from late L. circare ‘go round’, from L. circus ‘circle’.