quest

Definitions

1. 1.Request; desire; solicitation. Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. Herbert.
2. 2.Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively. The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. Shak.
3. 3.Inquest; jury of inquest. What lawful quest have given their verdict Shak.
4. 4.To search for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
5. 5.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is request; desire; solicitation. Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. Herbert called?
• What is those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively. The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. Shak called?
• What is inquest; jury of inquest. What lawful quest have given their verdict Shak called?
• What is to search for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert called?
• What is 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 called?