(1):

(n.) Request; desire; solicitation.

(2):

(v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.

(3):

(n.) To search for; to examine.

(4):

(n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.

(5):

(n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.

(6):

(n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.