quest
The definition of a quest is a search to find something or to achieve a goal.
(noun)An example of quest is the type of journey which was taken by the Knights of the Round Table under the direction of the King.
Quest is defined as to search, seek or journey.
(verb)An example of quest is to embark on a mission to find hidden treasure.
See quest in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a seeking; hunt; pursuit
- in medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end
- any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
- Archaic a jury of inquest
Origin: ME < OFr queste < ML questa < VL *quaesita, thing sought for < L quaesitus, pp. of quaerere, to seek, ask, inquire
intransitive verb
- to follow the track of game, or to bay in pursuit of game, as hounds do
- to go in search
transitive verb
Related Forms:
- quester noun
See quest in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
- An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
- Archaic A jury of inquest.
- To go on a quest.
- To search for game.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English queste
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , ultimately from Latin quaesta
Origin: , from
Origin: feminine of *quaestus, obsolete past participle of quaerere, to seek
.Related Forms:
- questˈer noun
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