quest
verb/kwest/
/kwest/
[intransitive] (formal or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quest | /kwest/ /kwest/ |
| he / she / it quests | /kwests/ /kwests/ |
| past simple quested | /ˈkwestɪd/ /ˈkwestɪd/ |
| past participle quested | /ˈkwestɪd/ /ˈkwestɪd/ |
| -ing form questing | /ˈkwestɪŋ/ /ˈkwestɪŋ/ |
- quest (for something) to search for something that is difficult to findWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French queste (noun), quester (verb), based on Latin quaerere ‘ask, seek’. See also inquest.
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