Quell

[Quell]

Meaning to suppress or overcome, quell is what you have to do with nerves before a big test and fears before going skydiving.

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To die.

Verb
suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

Verb
overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

v. i.
To die.

v. i.
To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.

v. t.
To take the life of; to kill.

v. t.
To overpower; to subdue; to put down.

v. t.
To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.

n.
Murder.

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.

2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]

Winter's wrath begins to quell.

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.

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.

Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.

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.

Syn. -- to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress; suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.

Quell

Quell, n. Murder. [Obs.] Shak.

To die.

To take the life of; to kill.

Murder.

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Usage Examples

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.