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quest

[kwest]

–noun

1.	a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.

2.	Medieval Romance. an adventurous expedition undertaken by a knight or knights to secure or achieve something: the quest of the Holy Grail.

3.	those engaged in such an expedition.

4.	British Dialect. inquest.

5.	Obsolete. a jury of inquest.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to search; seek (often fol. by for or after): to quest after hidden treasure.

7.	to go on a quest.

Hunting. (of a dog)

a.	to search for game.

b.	to bay or give tongue in pursuit of game.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to search or seek for; pursue.

Origin:
1275–1325; (n.) ME queste < OF < L quaesīta, fem. ptp. of quaerere to seek; (v.) ME questen < OF quester, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:

quester, noun

quest⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. hunt, seeking, journey, mission, enterprise.

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Word Origin & History

quest

c.1303, "a search for something" (esp. of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from O.Fr. queste (Fr. quête), prop. "the act of seeking," from M.L. questa "search, inquiry," alteration of L. quæsitus, pp. of quærere "seek, gain, ask" (see query). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" is attested from c.1384. The verb is first recorded c.1350.

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