to quest
5
4.8
- verb
- /kwɛst/
:
buscar
- Thou must undertake to quest for it.
He's a guy who's always questing for deeper meaning and authenticity.
- He's a guy who's always questing for deeper meaning and authenticity.
- And it is always, I believe, important to be humble and open and questing in face of the truth.
- I think we'll create New Times, other, you know, opportunities to quest.
- There's a hard wired force from within to quest for ultimate meaning, ultimate purpose to feel in the heart.
Examples
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I am now questing in the Norcrofts and enjoying the story as I go along with it.
Blog text (32) -
Now will thou quest for the book ?
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Only you, The Promised One, can quest for it.
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When you quest for greatness, victims happen.
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Will thou quest for the Necronomicon?
Fiction book (1992) -
I've spent my whole life questing for this.
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I decided that my purpose, as a confessed romantic, is to quest for the sublime.
Academic text (2001) -
To quest for a surviving "essence" of tradition through this encounter appears fruitless.
Academic text (1991) -
He's a guy who's always questing for deeper meaning and authenticity.
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She decided to quest for the lost treasure, determined to uncover its secrets.
Synonyms
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1.0
Try to find or get something you want
190
1.2
To look carefully for something or someone
64
5.4
To search for something that is hard to find
To go looking for something difficult to find or get
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Etymology
Quest comes from the Latin quaerere 'to seek', so as a verb it simply means to search for something with purpose. That's why to quest is to go looking for something, often with determination or a sense of adventure.