Quest and Root

Quest

Quest verb - To go in search of.

Usage example: many daydreamers trekked to California questing riches during the great gold rush of 1849

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Root and quest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Root" instead a verb "Quest".

Nearby Words: question, quested, questing

Root verb - To set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter.

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Quest and root are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quest" instead a verb "Root".

Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet

special	special quest	special root
common	common quest	common root
certain	certain quest	certain root
single	single quest	single root
Other adjectives: small, actual, real, dangerous, random, titular, last.

In The Two Brothers, one of the brothers is killed and his Loyal Animal Companion goes on a quest to fetch a magic root from a distant mountain that can be used to revive him.

Source: Flower from the Mountaintop
One Mages Guild quest requires you to root out a potential Telvanni spy; It's the Archmages personal assistant.

Source: The Mole / Video Games
This infuses her quest to save her students, extreme measures notwithstanding, with a sad and admirable nobility that you can't help but root for.

Source: Manga / A Certain Scientific Railgun

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