quest

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
• noun An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat.
• noun An inquest.
• noun A jury appointed to take part in an inquest.
• intransitive verb To search for something.
• intransitive verb To go on a quest.
• intransitive verb To search for game or bay when sighting game, as a hound.

from The Century Dictionary.

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

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb rare To search for; to examine.
• intransitive verb rare To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
• noun The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit
• noun Request; desire; solicitation.
• noun Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
• noun Inquest; jury of inquest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
• verb To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb search the trail of (game)
• noun a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
• verb seek alms, as for religious purposes
• verb bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
• verb make a search (for)
• noun the act of searching for something
• verb express the need or desire for; ask for