[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quest \quest\, v. t. cf. of. quester, f. qu^eter. see
   quest, n.
   to search for; to examine. r. --sir t. herbert.
   1913 webster
see also:
quest 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quest \quest\, v. i.
   to go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
   r.
   1913 webster

         if his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the
         rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
                                                  --macaulay.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quest \quest\, n. of. queste, f. qu^ete, fr. l. quaerere,
   quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. cf. query, question.
   1. the act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to
      find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of
      game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
      1913 webster

            upon an hard adventure yet in quest.  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            cease your quest of love.             --shak.
      1913 webster

            there ended was his quest, there ceased his care.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. request; desire; solicitation.
      1913 webster

            gad not abroad at every quest and call
            of an untrained hope or passion.      --herbert.
      1913 webster

   3. those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
      1913 webster

            the senate hath sent about three several quests to
            search you out.                       --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. inquest; jury of inquest.
      1913 webster

            what lawful quest have given their verdict ? --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
query question 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quest
     n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
          "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance
          of fame"; "a quest for wealth" syn: pursuit, pursuance
     2: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
        syn: seeking
     v 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 syn: bay
     4: seek alms, as for religious purposes
     5: express the need or desire for; ask for; "she requested an
        extra bed in her room"; "she called for room service"
        syn: request, bespeak, call for
see also:
pursuit pursuance seeking bay request bespeak 
call for 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "quest":
   adventure, angle for, ask for, bay, beat about for, cast about,
   chase, chivy, crusade, delve for, delving, dig for, dog, dogging,
   domiciliary visit, dragnet, emprise, expedition, exploration,
   ferret out, fish for, follow, follow up, follow-up, following,
   forage, frisk, give chase, go after, go gunning for, gun for,
   hollo after, hound, house-search, hue and cry, hunt, hunt for,
   hunt up, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation,
   look, look for, look up, make after, mission, perquisition,
   pilgrimage, posse, probe, probing, prosecute, prosecution,
   prowl after, pursual, pursuance, pursue, pursuing, pursuit,
   quest after, raise the hunt, ransacking, research, rummage,
   run after, search, search for, search out, search party,
   search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, see to,
   seek, seek for, seek out, seeking, shadowing, stalk, stalking,
   still hunt, still-hunt, take out after, track down, tracking,
   tracking down, trailing, try to find, turning over, ululate,
   wail

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

quest
     
        1. a language designed for its simple denotational semantics.
        "the denotational semantics of programming languages",
        r. tennent, cacm 198:437-453 aug 1976.
     
        2. quantifiers and subtypes.  language with a sophisticated
        type system.  just as types classify values, "kinds" classify
        types and type operators.  explicit universal and existential
        quantification over types, type operators, and subtypes.
        subtyping is defined inductively on all type constructions,
        including higher-order functions and abstract types.
        user-definable higher-order type operators.
     
        "typeful programming", luca cardelli , rr
        45, dec src 1989.
     
        implemented in modula-3.
     
        ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/dec/quest/quest12a.tar.z.
     
        3.  a multimedia authoring system.  quest has
        been available for ms-dos for some time.  version 3.5 for
        microsoft windows was released around march 1995.  it
        features an authorware-style flowchart system with an
        ansi-c script language.
     
        1995-04-02
     
     
see also:
lt;ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/dec/quest/quest12a.tar.zgt; multimedia authoring ms-dos microsoft windows authorware 
flowchart ansi-c script language 

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