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