(1):
(n.) Request; desire; solicitation.
(2):
(v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
(3):
(n.) To search for; to examine.
(4):
(n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.
(5):
(n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
(6):
(n.) 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.