Quest
Quest , noun
[Old French queste, French quête, from Latin quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Compare Query, Question.]
1.
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
Upon an hard adventure yet in quest.
Cease your quest of love.
There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.
2.
Request; desire; solicitation.
Gad not abroad at every quest and call
Of an untrained hope or passion.
3.
Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
4.
Inquest; jury of inquest.
What lawful quest have given their verdict?
Quest , transitive verb
[Compare Old French quester, French quêter. See Quest, n.]
To search for; to examine. [Rare] — Sir T. Herbert
Quest , intransitive verb
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. [Rare]
If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.