noun inquest; jury of inquest.
2. quest ·noun request; desire; solicitation.
3. quest ·noun to search for; to examine.
4. quest ·noun those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
5. quest ·vi to go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
6. quest ·noun 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.