n.
- The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
- An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
- Archaic. A jury of inquest.
v., quest·ed, quest·ing, quests. v.intr.
- To go on a quest.
- To search for game.
To search for; seek.
[Middle English queste, from Old French, ultimately from Latin quaesta, from feminine of *quaestus.]
quester quest'er n.
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