quest
[kwest]
noun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
to search or seek for; pursue.
Origin of quest
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English queste < Old French < Latin quaesīta, feminine past participle of quaerere to seek; (v.) Middle English questen < Old French quester, derivative of the noun
Synonyms for quest
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Related Words for quested
moan, growl, groan, yelp, wail, roar, whimper, hoot, outcry, shriek, grill, search, challenge, interrogate, quiz, investigate, interview, query, seek, examineExamples from the Web for quested
Historical Examples of quested
He had quested for the difference with his ear,—and the difference lay in the feel of the sound.
The Yellow HordeHal G. Evarts
Well, then, Paris had quested forth to find and win the most beautiful of women.
SuperwomenAlbert Payson Terhune
They shrank down in fear, and quested anxiously about with their eyes for a way of retreat.
Before AdamJack London
Failing in many attempts to open them, he quested food, found it, and consoled himself with it.
Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939Ray Bradbury
Yet it was possible that those in the catacombs were unaware how Scotland Yard, night and day, quested for Mr. King.
The Yellow ClawSax Rohmer
quest
noun
verb (mainly intr)
Word Origin for quest
C14: from Old French queste, from Latin quaesita sought, from quaerere to seek
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