'Sought' definitions:

Definition of 'sought'

adjective

That is looked for; "the long sought relatives"

adjective

Being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum" [syn: sought, sought-after(a)]

From: GCIDE

Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS. s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. saekja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.]
1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. [1913 Webster]
The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15, 16. [1913 Webster]
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech. [1913 Webster]
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke xi. 16. [1913 Webster]
3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. [1913 Webster]
4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. [1913 Webster]
Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5. [1913 Webster]
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE