quest

noun7

1. •
   a long search or difficult journey made in order to find or reach something important

   • Cease your quest of love. — 1603
2. •
   A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.

   • At the same time, players are not forced to complete quests in a certain order; they're allowed enough free will within the game to determine their goals and needs. — 2012
3. •
   The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.

   • to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
4. •
   A short test.

   • I had a calculus quest (not a quiz or a test, but somewhere in between...) it was on limits, and l'hopital's rule... — 1998
5. •
   (no longer used) A request; a desire; a solicitation.

   • Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. — 1633
6. •
   (no longer used) A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.

   • The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. — 1603
7. •
   (no longer used) An inquest; a jury of inquest.

   • To 'cide this title is impanneled A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart, And by their verdict is determined The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […] — 1609

verb3

1. •
   To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
2. •
   To search for something; to seek.

   • Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it. — 1634
3. •
   To locate and attach to a host animal.

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used) Abbreviation of question.

   • Quest. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull? — 1649

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of quantized electronic structure.