Antonyms for quested

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kwest

Phonetic Transcription : kwɛst

Definition of quested

Origin : c.1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita) "sought-out, select," past participle of quaerere "seek, gain, ask" (see query (n.)). Romance sense of "adventure undertaken by a knight" (especially the search for the Grail) is attested from late 14c. Johnson's dictionary has questmonger "Starter of lawsuits or prosecutions."

As in howl : noun long, painful cry
As in question : verb ask for answer
As in search : verb seek to find something
As in seek : verb look for
As in ululate : verb howl
As in ferret out : verb search out
As in hunt : verb look, search for

Example sentences :

He had quested for the difference with his ear,—and the difference lay in the feel of the sound.
Extract from : « The Yellow Horde » by Hal G. Evarts

Well, then, Paris had quested forth to find and win the most beautiful of women.
Extract from : « Superwomen » by Albert Payson Terhune

They shrank down in fear, and quested anxiously about with their eyes for a way of retreat.
Extract from : « Before Adam » by Jack London

Failing in many attempts to open them, he quested food, found it, and consoled himself with it.
Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939 » by Ray Bradbury

Yet it was possible that those in the catacombs were unaware how Scotland Yard, night and day, quested for Mr. King.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Yet I stayed not in my going, as I quested through the deep-wooded hill, till I beheld him, and instantly essayed my prowess.
Extract from : « Theocritus, Bion and Moschus » by Theocritus

The moon brooded upon the lulled waves, and quested among the ridges of driftwood for pearly shells.
Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis

He had quested along the trail and found Smoke's tracks where he had left it to take refuge on the bank.
Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London

Synonyms for quested

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