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quest

1. quest \'kwest\ n [ME, search, pursuit, investigation, inquest, fr. MF 
   queste search, pursu]it, fr. (assumed) VL quaesta, fr. L, fem. of quaestus 
   1a: a jury of inquest  1b: INVESTIGATION  2: an act or instance of seeking 
   :  2a: PURSUIT, SEARCH  2b: a chivalrous enterprise in medieval romance 
   usu. involving an adventuro us journey obs  3: ones who search or make 
   inquiry 
2. quest vi of a dog  1a: to search a trail  1b: BAY  2: to go on a quest : 
   SEEK  1: to search for : PURSUE  2: to ask for : DEMAND  - quest.er n