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Webster 1913 Edition

Quest

Quest

,
Noun.
[OF.
queste
, F.
quête
, fr. L.
quaerere
,
quaesitum
, to seek for, to ask. Cf.
Query
,
Question
.]
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
quest
and call
Of 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.
[Cf. OF.
quester
, F.
quêter
. See
Quest
,
Noun.
]
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.
[L. quaero, quaestus. As the letter r is rarely changed into s, perhaps the L. quaesivi, quaestus, may be from the root of quaeso.]
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.
To go in search. [Not used.]

QUEST

,
Verb.
T.
To search or seek for.

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