quest

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of searching for something

   a quest for diamonds

2. 2
   verb

   search the trail of game

   The dog went off and quested.

3. 3
   verb

   make a search (for)

   Things that die with their eyes open and questing

4. 4
   noun

   A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

   the hero's quest

5. 5
   noun

   The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.

   to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

6. 6
   noun

   A request; a desire; a solicitation.

   Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.

7. 7
   noun

   A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.

   The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.

8. 8
   noun

   An inquest; a jury of inquest.

   To 'cide this title is impanneled A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart, And by their verdict is determined The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […]

Etymology

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerere (“to ask, seek”).