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Noun: quest  kwest
  1. A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
    "a quest for wealth";
    - pursuit, pursuance
     
  2. The act of searching for something
    "a quest for diamonds";
    - seeking
Verb: quest  kwest
  1. Make a search (for)
    "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"
     
  2. Search the trail of (game)
    "The dog went off and quested"
     
  3. Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
    - bay
     
  4. Seek alms, as for religious purposes
     
  5. Express the need or desire for
    - request, ask for, bespeak, call for

Derived forms: quested, questing, quests

Type of: bark, beg, chase, chase after, communicate, dog, give chase, go after, hunt, hunting, pass, pass along, pass on, put across, search, seek, solicit, tag, tail, track, trail, woof

Encyclopedia: Quest, Richard