Quest
[kwest] or [kwɛst]
Definition
(noun.) the act of searching for something; 'a quest for diamonds'.
(verb.) seek alms, as for religious purposes.
(verb.) search the trail of (game); 'The dog went off and quested'.
(verb.) make a search (for); 'Things that die with their eyes open and questing'; 'The animal came questing through the forest'.
Checker: Mattie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Request; desire; solicitation.
(n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
(n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.
(n.) To search for; to examine.
(v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
Typist: Rex
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Search.
Edited by Fred
Definition
n. the act of seeking: search: pursuit: a searching party: a jury of inquest: inquiry investigation: request or desire.—v.i. to go in search of to go begging: to give tongue as a dog after game.—ns. Quest′ant Quest′er (Shak.) one who seeks after anything a candidate.—adj. Quest′ful.
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Examples
- They had been searching among the northern hordes, and only within the past few days had they extended their quest to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- At least he would return and see, before he continued what seemed to be a most fruitless quest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is evident that the quest of the new planet had become general. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is seeking, a quest, for something that is not at hand. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We were all virtuous girls when Amy, one fine afternoon, left her father's house and sallied forth, like Don Quixote, in quest of adventures. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Elizabeth walked in quest of the only face whose features would be known to her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- They were always moving from place to place in quest of a cheap situation, and always spending more than they ought. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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