farfetch

v. t.

[Far + fetch.]
To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]

To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word.

Fuller.

Far·fetch
n.

Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] «Politic farfetches.» Hudibras.

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[back-formation from far-fetched]
[vt] to derive (a word) in a farfetched manner
[vi] to make farfetched derivations
hence, farfetchedness: the state or fact of being farfetched