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Synonyms
quest (kwĕst)

[Middle English queste, from Old French, ultimately from Latin quaesta, from feminine of *quaestus obsolete past participle of quaerere, to seek.]

noun 

  1. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
  2. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
  3. Archaic A jury of inquest.

verb: quest·ed, quest·ing, quests. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To go on a quest.
  2. To search for game.

transitive verb 

To search for; seek.

derivatives

quest́er
noun