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Quest (?), n. [OF. queste, F. qu&ê;te, fr. L. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. 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.
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Upon an hard adventure yet in quest.
Spenser.
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Cease your quest of love.
Shak.
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There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.
Milton.
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2. Request; desire; solicitation.
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Gad not abroad at every quest and call
Of an untrained hope or passion.
Herbert.
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3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
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The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
Shak.
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4. Inquest; jury of inquest.
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What lawful quest have given their verdict ?
Shak.
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Quest, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. qu&ê;ter. See Quest, n.] To search for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
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Quest, v. i. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. [R.]
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If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
Macaulay.
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