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Webster 1913 Edition
Quest
Quest
,Noun.
1.
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit;
as, to rove in
quest
of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.Upon an hard adventure yet in
quest
. Spenser.
Cease your
quest
of love. Shakespeare
There ended was his
quest
, there ceased his care. Milton.
2.
Request; desire; solicitation.
Gad not abroad at every
Of an untrained hope or passion.
quest
and callOf an untrained hope or passion.
Herbert.
3.
Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
The senate hath sent about three several
quests
to search you out. Shakespeare
4.
Inquest; jury of inquest.
What lawful
quest
have given their verdict ? Shakespeare
Quest
,Verb.
T.
To search for; to examine.
[R.]
Sir T. Herbert.
Quest
,Verb.
I.
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
[R.]
If his
questing
had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quest
QUEST
,Noun.
1.
The act of seeking; search; as, to rove in quest of game; to go in quest of a lost child; in quest of property, &c.2.
Inquest; a jury. [Not used.]3.
Searchers, collectively. [Not used.]4.
Inquiry; examination. [Not used.]5.
Request; desire; solicitation.Gad not abroad at every quest and call of an untrain'd hope or passion.
QUEST
,Verb.
I.
QUEST
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
quest
quest
English
Noun
quest (plural quests)
- A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
- William Shakespeare
- Cease your quest of love.
- 2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 64:
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
- William Shakespeare
- 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.
- (obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
- Herbert
- Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
- Herbert
- (obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
- William Shakespeare
- The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
- William Shakespeare
- (obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
- William Shakespeare
- What lawful quest have given their verdict?
- William Shakespeare
Derived terms
Translations
journey or effort in pursuit of a goal
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Verb
quest (third-person singular simple present quests, present participle questing, simple past and past participle quested)
- To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
- To search for; to examine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Herbert to this entry?)
- (entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.