quesited, a. and n.
(kwɪˈsaɪtɪd)
[f. med.L. quēsīt-, L. quæsīt-, ppl. stem of quærĕre to seek + -ed1. Cf. quæsitum.]
† 1. adj. Sought for, asked about, etc. Obs. rare.
| 1647 Lilly Chr. Astrol. vi. 49 Significator of the Querent or thing quesited. 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 20 The remains are the Numbers quesited. |
2. n. Astrol. The thing or person inquired about.
| 1647 Lilly Chr. Astrol. xx. 123 The Quesited is he or she, or the thing sought and enquired after. 1881 Shorthouse J. Inglesant I. xv. 282 A very good argument that the querent should see the quesited speedily. |
So † quesiˈtitious a. = quesited a. Obs. rare. ˈquesitive a., interrogative. ‘Quesitive quantity, quantity expressed by an interrogative numeral’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).
| 1674 S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 334 As in Extraction of Roots and Equations, A..is called the Supposititious or Quesit[it]ious Root. 1690 Leybourn Curs. Math. 341 Multiplying the assumed Root b + c in the place of the Quesititious Root a. |