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Quest after   /kwɛst ˈæftər/   Listen
Quest after

verb
1.
Go in search of or hunt for.  Synonyms: go after, pursue, quest for.






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"Quest after" Quotes from Famous Books



... the far quest After the divine! Striving ever for some goal Past the blunder-god's control! Dreaming of potential years When no day shall dawn in fears! That's the Marna of my soul, Wander-bride ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) • Various

... gone in for it, why not have a searchlight? It would be tremendously useful. But the searchlight needs so much electricity that when it runs it will put all the other lights out of commission. Again we travel the weary road in the quest after more power for storage battery and dynamo. And then, when it is finally solved, some one asks, "What if the engine breaks down?" And we collapse. There are the sidelights, the binnacle light, and the anchor light. Our very lives depend upon them. So we have to fit the boat throughout ...
— The Cruise of the Snark • Jack London



Words linked to "Quest after" :   search, seek, look for, pursue



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