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Quest

QUEST, n. [L. quaero, quaestus. As the letter r is rarely changed into s, perhaps the L. quaesivi, quaestus, may be from the root of quaeso.]
1. The act of seeking; search; as, to rove in quest of game; to go in quest of a lost child; in quest of property, etc.
2. Inquest; a jury. [Not used.]
3. Searchers, collectively. [Not used.]
4. Inquiry; examination. [Not used.]
5. Request; desire; solicitation.
Gad not abroad at every quest and call of an untrain'd hope or passion.
QUEST, v.i. To go in search. [Not used.]
QUEST, v.t. To search or seek for.
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