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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 followed by for or after): to quest after hidden treasure.
7.
to go on a quest.
8.
Hunting. (of a dog)
a.
to search for game.
b.
to bay or give tongue in pursuit of game.
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Quested
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verb (used with object)
9.
to search or seek for; pursue.
Origin:
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English queste < Old French < Latin quaesīta, feminine past participle of quaerere to seek; (v.) Middle English questen < Old French quester, derivative of the noun
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English queste < Old French < Latin quaesīta, feminine past participle of quaerere to seek; (v.) Middle English questen < Old French quester, derivative of the noun
Related forms
quest·er, noun
quest·ing·ly, adverb
un·quest·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. hunt, seeking, journey, mission, enterprise.
1. hunt, seeking, journey, mission, enterprise.
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Word Origin & History
quest
c.1300, "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
EXPANDsense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" is attested from late 14c. The verb is first recorded mid-14c.
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