Noah Webster
Quest
QUEST, noun [Latin quaero, quaestus. As the letter r is rarely changed into s, perhaps the Latin 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, etc.
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, verb intransitive To go in search. [Not used.]
QUEST, verb transitive To search or seek for.