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Quest

noun

A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria. Synonyms: pursuance, pursuit. "Life is more than the pursuance of fame" , "A quest for wealth"

The act of searching for something. Synonym: seeking.

verb

Make a search (for). "The animal came questing through the forest"

Search the trail of (game).

Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs. Synonym: bay.

Seek alms, as for religious purposes.

Express the need or desire for; ask for. Synonyms: bespeak, call for, request. "She called for room service"

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"Quest" Quotes from Famous Books

... surrender, being shot through the back with a holster pistol and dying of the wound, this was in 1807. I can name the following as being seized by press gangs * * * * * Soon ruses were resorted to by the gay fellows who wandered after night fall in quest of amusement in the highways and byways. Her Majesty's soldiers were, of course, exempt of being impressed into the naval service; so, that our roving city youths would either borrow coats, or get some made, similar ...

— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine

... that watched him depart, for they felt that he would not return; and in their grief they entirely forgot Choflo's dire predictions for themselves in the event that Oomah was unsuccessful in his quest. In their hearts they rebelled at the dictum of their leader but the long habit of obedience caused them to suppress their resentment. So they merely looked sad and ...

— The Black Phantom • Leo Edward Miller

... fabled islands of the West or discovered other islands off the eastern coast of Tartary? He did not know. But he hurried back to Bristol with the news and was welcomed by the King and people. A Venetian in London wrote home to say that 'this fellow-citizen of ours, who went from Bristol in quest of new islands, is Zuan Caboto, whom the English now call a great admiral. He dresses in silk; they pay him great honour; and everyone runs after him like mad.' The Spanish ambassador was full of suspicion, in spite of the fact that Cabot had not gone south. Had not His Holiness divided ...

— Elizabethan Sea Dogs • William Wood

... tells the story of the boy chums' adventures on the schooner "Eager Quest," hunting for pearls among the Bahama Islands. Their hairbreadth escapes from the treacherous quicksands and dangerous waterspouts, and their rescue from the wicked wreckers ...

— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

... three years voyage made by the Tyrian fleet in the service of king Solomon. He asserts, on the authority of Josephus, that the port at which this embarkation was made, lay in the Mediterranean. The fleet, he adds, went in quest of Elephants' teeth and Peacocks, to the western coast of Africa, which is Tarshish, then for gold to Ophir, which is Haite or the Island of Hispaniola. In the latter opinion he is supported by Columbus, who, when he discovered that Island, ...

— Chronicles of Border Warfare • Alexander Scott Withers

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