quest

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
2. n. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
3. n. Archaic A jury of inquest.
4. v. To go on a quest.
5. v. To search for game.
6. v. To search for; seek.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of seeking; search; pursuit; suit.
2. n. An act of searching or seeking, as for a particular object: as, the quest of the holy grail.
3. n. A body of searchers collectively; a searching party.
4. n. Inquiry; examination.
5. n. Request; desire; solicitation; prayer; demand.
6. n. A jury of inquest; a sworn body of examiners; also, an inquest.
7. To go in search; make search or inquiry; pursue.
8. To go begging.
9. To give tongue, as a dog on the scent of game.
10. To search or seek for; inquire into or examine.
11. To announce by giving tongue, as a dog.
12. n. Same as queest.

Wiktionary

1. n. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
2. v. To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
2. n. Request; desire; solicitation.
3. n. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
4. n. Inquest; jury of inquest.
5. v. rare To search for; to examine.
6. v. rare To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. search the trail of (game)
2. n. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
3. v. seek alms, as for religious purposes
4. v. bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
5. v. make a search (for)
6. n. the act of searching for something
7. v. express the need or desire for; ask for