"quest." meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1649, Iohn Robinson, Miscellaneous Propositions and Quæres, R. Royston, ch. 10, page 29:",
          "text": "Quest. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull?",
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        "Abbreviation of question."
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        "(archaic) Abbreviation of question."
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  "word": "quest."
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1649, Iohn Robinson, Miscellaneous Propositions and Quæres, R. Royston, ch. 10, page 29:",
          "text": "Quest. Whether averruncation of Epidemicall diseases, by Telesmes, be feisable and lawfull?",
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      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of question."
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        "(archaic) Abbreviation of question."
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