2. Request; desire; solicitation. Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. Herbert.
3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively. The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. Shak.
4. Inquest; jury of inquest. What lawful quest have given their verdict Shak.
QUEST
Quest, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. quester, F. quêter. See Quest, n.]
Defn: To search for; to examine. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.
QUEST
Quest, v. i.
Defn: 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.
QUESTANT
Quest"ant, n. Etym: [OF. questant, F. guêtant, p. pr.]
Defn: One who undertakes a quest; a seeker. [Obs.] Shak.
QUESTER
Quest"er, n.