KJV Dictionary - quest
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QUEST
QUEST, n. L. quaero, quaestus. As the letter r is rarely changed into s, perhaps the L. quaesivi, quaestus, may be from the root of quaeso.
1. The act of seeking; search; as, to rove in quest of game; to go in quest of a lost child; in quest of property, &c.
2. Inquest; a jury. Not used.
3. Searchers, collectively. Not used.
4. Inquiry; examination. Not used.
5. Request; desire; solicitation.
Gad not abroad at every quest and call of an untrain'd hope or passion.
QUEST, v.i. To go in search. Not used.
QUEST, v.t. To search or seek for.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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