Noun

(en noun)

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

* (William Shakespeare)

Cease your quest of love.

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The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.

(obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.

* Herbert

Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.

(obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.

* (William Shakespeare)

The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.

(obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.

* (William Shakespeare)

What lawful quest have given their verdict?

Noun

(label) The sense or ability of sight.

Something seen; an object perceived visually.

* 1610 , , I. ii. 270:

For to a vision so apparent rumour / Cannot be mute

*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

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(label) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

(label) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

(John Locke)

(label) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

(label) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

(label) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.