quester

English

Etymology

From quest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

quester (plural questers)

1. A person engaged in a quest.

Anagrams

• request

Middle French

Verb

quester

1. to search for; to look for

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of quester

infinitive	simple	quester
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	questant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		questé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	queste	questes	queste	questons	questez	questent
	imperfect	questois, questoys	questois, questoys	questoit, questoyt	questions, questyons	questiez, questyez	questoient, questoyent
	past historic	questa	questas	questa	questasmes	questastes	questerent
	future	questerai, questeray	questeras	questera	questerons	questerez	questeront
	conditional	questerois, questeroys	questerois, questeroys	questeroit, questeroyt	questerions, questeryons	questeriez, questeryez	questeroient, questeroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	queste	questes	queste	questons	questez	questent
	imperfect	questasse	questasses	questast	questassions	questassiez	questassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	queste	—	questons	questez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Synonyms

• chercher
• querir

Descendants

• French: quêter

Old French

Etymology

From Latin quaestāre, present active infinitive of quaestō (“to search”), from quaestus.

Verb

quester

1. to search for; to look for
2. to pursue; to follow; to go after

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of quester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		quester			avoir questé
gerund		en questant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		questant
past participle		questé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	quest	questes	queste	questons	questez	questent
	imperfect	questoie, questeie, questoe, questeve	questoies, questeies, questoes, questeves	questoit, questeit, questot, questeve	questiiens, questiens	questiiez, questiez	questoient, questeient, questoent, questevent
	preterite	questai	questas	questa	questames	questastes	questerent
	future	questerai	questeras	questera	questerons	questeroiz, questereiz, questerez	questeront
	conditional	questeroie, questereie	questeroies, questereies	questeroit, questereit	questeriiens, questeriens	questeriiez, questeriez	questeroient, questereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	quest	quez	quest	questons	questez	questent
	imperfect	questasse	questasses	questast	questissons, questissiens	questissoiz, questissez, questissiez	questassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	queste	—	questons	questez	—

Synonyms

• (look for): cerchier, querir

Descendants

• Middle French: quester
  • French: quêter