(noun)
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"
the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
(verb) make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyesopen and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"
search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"