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See also: Quell
- (obsolete, transitive) To kill. [9th-19th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (transitive) To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
- The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority.
- Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
- (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
- to quell grief
- to quell the tumult of the soul
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish. [16th-17th c.]
- Winter's wrath begins to quell.
- To die.
- Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
transitive: to take the life of; to kill — see kill
transitive: to subdue, put down
transitive: to suppress, put an end to
quell (plural quells)