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quest noun [ kwɛst ]

• a long or arduous search for something.
• "the quest for a reliable vaccine has intensified"
Similar: search, hunt, pursuit, pursuance of, investigation into,

quest verb

• search for something.
• "he was a real scientist, questing after truth"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French queste (noun), quester (verb), based on Latin quaerere ‘ask, seek’. See also inquest.


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