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quell

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quell  \Quell\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Quelled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Quelling}.]  [See  {Quail}  to  cower.] 
  1.  To  die.  [Obs.] 
 
  Yet  he  did  quake  and  quaver,  like  to  quell. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  To  be  subdued  or  abated;  to  yield;  to  abate.  [R.] 
 
  Winter's  wrath  begins  to  quell.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quell  \Quell\,  v.  t.  [OE.  quellen  to  kill,  AS  cwellan 
  causative  of  cwelan  to  die;  akin  to  OHG.  quellen  to  torment, 
  Icel.  kvelja  See  {Quail}  to  cower.] 
  1.  To  take  the  life  of  to  kill.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  The  ducks  cried  as  [if]  men  would  them  quelle. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  overpower;  to  subdue;  to  put  down 
 
  The  nation  obeyed  the  call  rallied  round  the 
  sovereign,  and  enabled  him  to  quell  the  disaffected 
  minority.  --Macaulay. 
 
  Northward  marching  to  quell  the  sudden  revolt. 
  --Longfellow. 
 
  3.  To  quiet;  to  allay;  to  pacify;  to  cause  to  yield  or  cease; 
  as  to  quell  grief;  to  quell  the  tumult  of  the  soul. 
 
  Much  did  his  words  the  gentle  lady  quell.  --Spenser. 
 
  Syn:  to  subdue;  crush;  overpower;  reduce;  put  down  repress; 
  suppress;  quiet;  allay;  calm;  pacify. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quell  \Quell\,  n. 
  Murder.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quell 
  v  1:  suppress  or  crush  completely;  "squelch  any  sign  of  dissent" 
  [syn:  {squelch}] 
  2:  overcome  or  allay;  "quell  my  hunger"  [syn:  {stay},  {appease}]




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