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quest

  [kwest]
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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 fol. 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.
–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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quest   (kwěst)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.

  2. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.

  3. Archaic A jury of inquest.

v.   quest·ed, quest·ing, quests

v.   intr.

  1. To go on a quest.

  2. To search for game.

v.   tr.
To search for; seek.

[Middle English queste, from Old French, ultimately from Latin quaesta, from feminine of *quaestus, obsolete past participle of quaerere, to seek.]
quest'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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