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quest
English
Etymology
From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerere (“to ask, seek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?st/, enPR: kw?st
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
quest (plural quests)
- A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
- The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
- (obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
- Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
- (obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
- (obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 46"
- 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 […]
- To 'cide this title is impanneled
- 1609, William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 46"
Derived terms
- sidequest
Translations
Verb
quest (third-person singular simple present quests, present participle questing, simple past and past participle quested)
- To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
- To search for; to examine.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, Description of the Persian Monarchy now beinge the Orientall Indyes, Iles and other ports of the Greater Asia and Africk
- Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, Description of the Persian Monarchy now beinge the Orientall Indyes, Iles and other ports of the Greater Asia and Africk
- (entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- queste, qwest, qwhest
Etymology
Partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste, and partly from their source, Latin quaesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kw?st(?)/
Noun
quest (plural questes)
- (Late Middle English) A legal inquest or investigation; a session of court.
- (Late Middle English) A group or body of jurors
- (rare) A body of judges or other individuals commissioned to make a decision or verdict
- (rare) The decision or verdict reached by such a body of judges.
- (rare) A quest, mission, or search.
- (rare) The finding of prey by hunting dogs during a hunt.
- (rare, Late Middle English) The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A petition or asking.
Related terms
- conquest
- enquest
- questen
- questioun
- questor
- request
Descendants
- English: quest
- Scots: quest
References
- “quest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.
Romagnol
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum. Compare Italian questo.
Pronoun
quest (feminine singular questa)
- this one, this
- Quest l'è un mond zneno, e nost mond.
- This is a small world, our world.
- Questa l'è una cittadina bela.
- This is a beautiful city.
- Quest l'è un mond zneno, e nost mond.
Romansch
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum. Compare Italian questo.
Pronoun
quest
- this
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conquest
English
Etymology
From Middle English conquest, from Old French conqueste (French conquête).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??kw?st/, /?k??kw?st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?nkw?st/, /?k?nkw?st/, /?k??-/
Noun
conquest (countable and uncountable, plural conquests)
- Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
- (figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
- (obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex.
- (video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
Derived terms
- conquest sale
- Norman Conquest
Translations
Verb
conquest (third-person singular simple present conquests, present participle conquesting, simple past and past participle conquested)
- (archaic) To conquer.
- (marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- conqueste, quenqueste, conqwest, conqweste
Etymology
From Old French conqueste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?kw?st(?)/
Noun
conquest (plural conquestes)
- A conquest or invasion; a forcible takeover.
- The act of attaining victory or winning.
- The spoils of war; the fruit of victory.
- William the Conqueror's invasion of England.
- (rare) discord, battle, division
Descendants
- English: conquest
References
- “conquest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-28.
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