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"ref": "1995, “The Sword of Kahless”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 8, spoken by Kor, →OCLC",
"text": "Everything I have done pales in comparison to what I am about to achieve. I am on a quest... a quest for the most revered icon in Klingon history. An icon that predates the Klingon Empire, an icon more sacred than the Torch of G'boj -- More revered than Sabak's armor, and more coveted than the Emperor's crown!",
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"ref": "2013 January 2, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 2017-02-09, page 64",
"text": "In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.",
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"roman": "ṭalab",
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"(obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation."
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"word": "探索"
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"alt": "たんきゅう",
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"word": "探求"
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"roman": "kuesuto",
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tamsaek",
"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "탐색"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "tamgu",
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"code": "fi",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "gl",
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"code": "ka",
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"word": "ძებნა"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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}
],
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"Traditional form of cuest (“this”)"
],
"links": [
[
"cuest",
"cuest#Lombard"
]
],
"tags": [
"Traditional",
"alt-of",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʷes(t)/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʷɛs(t)]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkʷes(t)]"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"formal",
"variant"
],
"word": "chest"
},
{
"english": "orthographic alternative",
"word": "cuest"
}
],
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}
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"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Latin",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
"Middle English terms derived from Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Directives",
"enm:Hunting",
"enm:Law"
],
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "quest"
},
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}
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},
{
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{
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"2": "quest"
},
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}
],
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}
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"2": "xno",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fro",
"3": "queste"
},
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"name": "bor"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "la",
"3": "quaesta"
},
"expansion": "Latin quaesta",
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}
],
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{
"form": "questes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"sort": ""
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},
"expansion": "quest (plural questes)",
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],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "conquest"
},
{
"word": "enquest"
},
{
"word": "questen"
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{
"word": "questioun"
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{
"word": "questor"
},
{
"word": "request"
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{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"A legal inquest or investigation; a session of court."
],
"links": [
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"investigation",
"investigation"
]
],
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"(Late Middle English) A legal inquest or investigation; a session of court."
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"A group or body of jurors"
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"(Late Middle English) A group or body of jurors"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
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"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
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"A body of judges or other individuals commissioned to make a decision or verdict"
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"rare"
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"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
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"(rare) The decision or verdict reached by such a body of judges."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A quest, mission, or search.",
"The finding of prey by hunting dogs during a hunt."
],
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"hunting dogs",
"hunting dogs"
]
],
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"(rare) A quest, mission, or search.",
"(rare) The finding of prey by hunting dogs during a hunt."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English",
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A quest, mission, or search.",
"The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt."
],
"links": [
[
"hunting dogs",
"hunting dogs"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A quest, mission, or search.",
"(rare, Late Middle English) The howling upon finding prey by hunting dogs during a hunt."
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Late Middle English",
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A petition or asking."
],
"links": [
[
"asking",
"asking"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare, Late Middle English) A petition or asking."
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɛst(ə)/"
}
],
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{
"word": "queste"
},
{
"word": "qwest"
},
{
"word": "qwhest"
}
],
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}
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"2": "VL.",
"3": "",
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},
{
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"1": "rgn",
"2": "la",
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},
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "istum"
},
"expansion": "istum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "questo"
},
"expansion": "Italian questo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Vulgar Latin *eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum. Compare Italian questo.",
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{
"form": "questa",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "rgn",
"2": "pronoun",
"3": "feminine singular",
"4": "questa"
},
"expansion": "quest (feminine singular questa)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Romagnol entries with incorrect language header",
"Romagnol lemmas",
"Romagnol pronouns",
"Romagnol terms derived from Latin",
"Romagnol terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"Romagnol terms inherited from Latin",
"Romagnol terms inherited from Vulgar Latin"
],
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{
"english": "This is a small world, our world.",
"text": "Quest l'è un mond zneno, e nost mond."
},
{
"english": "This is a beautiful city.",
"text": "Questa l'è una cittadina bela."
}
],
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"this one, this"
],
"links": [
[
"this one",
"this one"
]
]
}
],
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}
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"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "VL.",
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"1": "rm",
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"args": {
"1": "it",
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"expansion": "Italian questo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"1": "rm",
"2": "pronouns"
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"name": "head"
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"categories": [
"Romansch entries with incorrect language header",
"Romansch lemmas",
"Romansch pronouns",
"Romansch terms derived from Latin",
"Romansch terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"Romansch terms inherited from Latin",
"Romansch terms inherited from Vulgar Latin"
],
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"this"
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[
"this",
"this"
]
]
}
],
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