quest – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of quest

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to quest
Participle: quested
Gerund: questing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iquest
youquest
he;she;itquests
wequest
youquest
theyquest

Perfect

Ihave quested
youhave quested
he;she;ithas quested
wehave quested
youhave quested
theyhave quested

Past

Iquested
youquested
he;she;itquested
wequested
youquested
theyquested

Pluperfect

Ihad quested
youhad quested
he;she;ithad quested
wehad quested
youhad quested
theyhad quested

Future

Iwill quest
youwill quest
he;she;itwill quest
wewill quest
youwill quest
theywill quest

Future Perfect

Iwill have quested
youwill have quested
he;she;itwill have quested
wewill have quested
youwill have quested
theywill have quested

Subjunctive

Present

Iquest
youquest
he;she;itquest
wequest
youquest
theyquest

Perfect

Ihave quested
youhave quested
he;she;ithave quested
wehave quested
youhave quested
theyhave quested

Imperfect

Iquested
youquested
he;she;itquested
wequested
youquested
theyquested

Pluperfect

Ihad quested
youhad quested
he;she;ithad quested
wehad quested
youhad quested
theyhad quested

Conditional

Present

Iwould quest
youwould quest
he;she;itwould quest
wewould quest
youwould quest
theywould quest

Perfect

Iwould have quested
youwould have quested
he;she;itwould have quested
wewould have quested
youwould have quested
theywould have quested

Imperative

youquest
weLet's quest
youquest

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam questing
youare questing
he;she;itis questing
weare questing
youare questing
theyare questing

Perfect

Ihave been questing
youhave been questing
he;she;ithas been questing
wehave been questing
youhave been questing
theyhave been questing

Past

Iwas questing
youwere questing
he;she;itwas questing
wewere questing
youwere questing
theywere questing

Pluperfect

Ihad been questing
youhad been questing
he;she;ithad been questing
wehad been questing
youhad been questing
theyhad been questing

Future

Iwill be questing
youwill be questing
he;she;itwill be questing
wewill be questing
youwill be questing
theywill be questing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been questing
youwill have been questing
he;she;itwill have been questing
wewill have been questing
youwill have been questing
theywill have been questing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be questing
youwould be questing
he;she;itwould be questing
wewould be questing
youwould be questing
theywould be questing

Perfect

Iwould have been questing
youwould have been questing
he;she;itwould have been questing
wewould have been questing
youwould have been questing
theywould have been questing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'quest'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'quest'

guest, bequest, best, buist, burst, bust, chest, crest, duet, dust,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerō (“to ask, seek”). Doublet of question.

Verbs referencing "quest"

French quêter.

Sample Sentences

  • Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it. [1634, Thomas Herbert, Description of the Persian Monarchy now beinge the Orientall Indyes, Iles and other ports of the Greater Asia and Africk:]