"questing" meaning in English

See questing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: questings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} questing (plural questings)
  1. The act of going in quest of something.
    Sense id: en-questing-en-noun-vR7vbax9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} questing
  1. present participle and gerund of quest Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: quest
    Sense id: en-questing-en-verb-F3ut1LGj

Inflected forms

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