QUEST AFTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quest after mean? 

• QUEST AFTER (verb)
  The verb QUEST AFTER has 1 sense:

1. go in search of or hunt for

  Familiarity information: QUEST AFTER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUEST AFTER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go in search of or hunt for

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

go after; pursue; quest after; quest for

Context example:

pursue a hobby

Hypernyms (to "quest after" is one way to...):

look for; search; seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Warren's Monthly advertised to its subscribers that it was always on the quest after new writers, and that, among others, it had introduced Martin Eden to the reading public.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)