Quest Definition
kwĕst
quested, questing, quests
noun
quests
The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
American Heritage
A seeking; hunt; pursuit.
Webster's New World
In medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end.
Webster's New World
Any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal.
Webster's New World
A jury of inquest.
Webster's New World
verb
quested, questing, quests
To search for; seek.
Webster's New World
To go in search.
Webster's New World
To follow the track of game, or to bay in pursuit of game, as hounds do.
Webster's New World
To go on a quest.
American Heritage
abbreviation
Quantized electronic structure.
Wiktionary
Origin of Quest
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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").
From Wiktionary
Middle English queste from Old French ultimately from Latin quaesta from feminine of *quaestus obsolete past participle of quaerere to seek
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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