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Definition of Quest after
1. Verb. Go in search of or hunt for. "Pursue a hobby"
Generic synonyms: Look For, Search, Seek
Derivative terms: Pursuance, Pursuit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quest After
Literary usage of Quest after
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A British Officer in the Balkans: The Account of a Journey Through Dalmatia by Percy Edward Henderson (1909)
"... THE SUTJESKA MONASTERY Severe cold—The language question—Crowded station—"
Dug-out* "—A quest after the finest sculptured monument in Bosnia—Government ..."
2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"Every man who heard the summons must join in the quest after the stolen animal
so long as the trace remained The quest was to be continued either on the ..."
3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"Every man who heard the summons must join in the quest after the stolen animal
so long as the trace remained. The quest was to be continued either on the ..."
4. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Hodgkin (1906)
"Every man who heard the summons must join in the quest after the stolen animal
so long as the trace remained. The quest was to be continued either on the ..."