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Noun: quest  kwest
  1. A long or difficult adventure undertaken as a pursuit or mission
    "a quest for diamonds"; "The knight's quest to slay the dragon"
     
  2. Active searching or striving for something
    "a quest for wealth";
    - pursuit, pursuance
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. Seek alms, as for religious purposes
    "The monk quested for donations to support the monastery"
     
  4. Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
    "The hunting dogs quested through the forest";
    - bay

Derived forms: quested, questing, quests

Type of: bark, beg, chase, chase after, chase down, give chase, go after, hunt, hunting, search, seek, solicit, tag, track, trail, woof

Encyclopedia: Quest, William