Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quest \Quest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. qu[^e]ter. See
   {Quest}, n.]
   To search for; to examine. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.

Quest \Quest\, v. i.
   To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
   [R.]

         If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the
         rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
                                                  --Macaulay.

Quest \Quest\, n. [OF. queste, F. qu[^e]te, fr. L. quaerere,
   quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. {Query}, {Question}.]
   1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to
      find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of
      game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

            Upon an hard adventure yet in quest.  --Spenser.

            Cease your quest of love.             --Shak.

            There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Request; desire; solicitation.

            Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an
            untrained hope or passion.            --Herbert.

   3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.

            The senate hath sent about three several quests to
            search you out.                       --Shak.

   4. Inquest; jury of inquest.

            What lawful quest have given their verdict ? --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

quest
     n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
          "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance
          of fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: {pursuit}, {pursuance}]
     2: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
        [syn: {seeking}]
     v 1: make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open
          and questing"; "The animal came questing through the
          forest"
     2: search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
     3: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: {bay}]
     4: seek alms, as for religious purposes
     5: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
        extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
        [syn: {request}, {bespeak}, {call for}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Quest
     
        1. A language designed for its simple denotational semantics.
        "The Denotational Semantics of Programming Languages",
        R. Tennent, CACM 19(8):437-453 (Aug 1976).
     
        2. QUantifiers and SubTypes.  Language with a sophisticated
        type system.  Just as types classify values, "kinds" classify
        types and type operators.  Explicit universal and existential
        quantification over types, type operators, and subtypes.
        Subtyping is defined inductively on all type constructions,
        including higher-order functions and abstract types.
        User-definable higher-order type operators.
     
        "Typeful Programming", Luca Cardelli , RR
        45, DEC SRC 1989.
     
        Implemented in Modula-3.
     
        {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Quest/quest12A.tar.Z)}.
     
        3.  A {multimedia} {authoring} system.  Quest has
        been available for {MS-DOS} for some time.  Version 3.5 for
        {Microsoft Windows} was released around March 1995.  It
        features an {Authorware}-style {flowchart} system with an
        {ANSI-C} {script language}.
     
        (1995-04-02)