noun

1. a seeking; hunt; pursuit
2. in medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end
3. any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
4. Archaic a jury of inquest

Etymology: ME < OFr queste < ML questa < VL *quaesita, thing sought for < L quaesitus, pp. of quaerere, to seek, ask, inquire

intransitive verb

1. to follow the track of game, or to bay in pursuit of game, as hounds do
2. to go in search

transitive verb