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Quester
Quest′er
,Noun.
One who seeks; a seeker.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
quester
quester
Middle French
Verb
quester
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of quester
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | quester | avoir questé | |||||
| gerund | en questant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | questant | ||||||
| past participle | questé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | queste | questes | queste | questons | questez | questent |
| imperfect | questois, questoys | questois, questoys | questoit, questoyt | questions, questyons | questiez, questyez | questoient, questoyent | |
| past historic | questa | questas | questa | questasmes | questastes | questerent | |
| future | questerai, questeray | questeras | questera | questerons | questerez | questeront | |
| conditional | questerois, questeroys | questerois, questeroys | questeroit, questeroyt | questerions, questeryons | questeriez, questeryez | questeroient, questeroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | queste | questes | queste | questons | questez | questent |
| imperfect | questasse | questasses | questast | questassions | questassiez | questassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | queste | — | questons | questez | — | ||
Synonyms
Descendants
- French: quêter
Old French
Etymology
From Latin quaestāre, present active infinitive of quaestō (“to search”), from quaestus.
Verb
quester
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of quester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | quester | avoir questé | |||||
| gerund | en questant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | questant | ||||||
| past participle | questé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | quest | questes | queste | questons | questez | questent |
| imperfect | questoie, questeie, questoe, questeve | questoies, questeies, questoes, questeves | questoit, questeit, questot, questeve | questiiens, questiens | questiiez, questiez | questoient, questeient, questoent, questevent | |
| preterite | questai | questas | questa | questames | questastes | questerent | |
| future | questerai | questeras | questera | questerons | questeroiz, questereiz, questerez | questeront | |
| conditional | questeroie, questereie | questeroies, questereies | questeroit, questereit | questeriiens, questeriens | questeriiez, questeriez | questeroient, questereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | quest | quez | quest | questons | questez | questent |
| imperfect | questasse | questasses | questast | questissons, questissiens | questissoiz, questissez, questissiez | questassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | queste | — | questons | questez | — | ||