quests

Noun

quest (plural quests)

1. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
   • the hero's quest

   Synonyms:

   emprise

   1. (roleplaying games) A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.
      • At the same time, players are not forced to complete quests in a certain order; they're allowed enough free will within the game to determine their goals and needs.2012, Nick Iuppa, Terry Borst, Story and Simulations for Serious Games: Tales from the Trenches, New York and London: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 214
2. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
   • to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
3. (obsolete) A request; a desire; a solicitation.
   • Gad not abroad at every quest and call
     Of an untrained hope or passion.[1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis...
4. (obsolete) A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
   • The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
5. (obsolete) An inquest; a jury of inquest.
   • 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 […]1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 46”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

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