'QUEST' definitions:
Definition of 'quest'
(from WordNet)
noun
A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: pursuit, pursuance, quest]
noun
The act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds" [syn: quest, seeking]
verb
Make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"
verb
Search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
verb
Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]
verb
Seek alms, as for religious purposes
verb
Definition of 'Quest'
From: GCIDE
- Quest \Quest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. qu[^e]ter. See Quest, n.] To search for; to examine. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quest'
From: GCIDE
- Quest \Quest\, v. i. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quest'
From: GCIDE
- Quest \Quest\, n. [OF. queste, F. qu[^e]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. [1913 Webster]
- Upon an hard adventure yet in quest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Cease your quest of love. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- There ended was his quest, there ceased his care. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Request; desire; solicitation. [1913 Webster]
- Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively. [1913 Webster]
- The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Inquest; jury of inquest. [1913 Webster]
- What lawful quest have given their verdict ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventure,
- angle for,
- ask for,
- bay,
- beat about for,
- cast about,
- chase,
- chivy,
- crusade,
- delve for,
- delving,
- dig for,
- dog,
- dogging,
- domiciliary visit,
- dragnet,
- emprise,
- expedition,
- exploration,
- ferret out,
- fish for,
- follow,
- follow up,
- follow-up,
- following,
- forage,
- frisk,
- give chase,
- go after,
- go gunning for,
- gun for,
- hollo after,
- hound,
- house-search,
- hue and cry,
- hunt,
- hunt for,
- hunt up,
- hunting,
- inquest,
- inquiry,
- inquisition,
- investigation,
- look,
- look for,
- look up,
- make after,
- mission,
- perquisition,
- pilgrimage,
- posse,
- probe,
- probing,
- prosecute,
- prosecution,
- prowl after,
- pursual,
- pursuance,
- pursue,
- pursuing,
- pursuit,
- quest after,
- raise the hunt,
- ransacking,
- research,
- rummage,
- run after,
- search,
- search for,
- search out,
- search party,
- search warrant,
- search-and-destroy operation,
- searching,
- see to,
- seek,
- seek for,
- seek out,
- seeking,
- shadowing,
- stalk,
- stalking,
- still hunt,
- still-hunt,
- take out after,
- track down,
- tracking,
- tracking down,
- trailing,
- try to find,
- turning over,
- ululate,
- wail
Acronyms for 'quest'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunication Leadership (org.), "QuEST"