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Quell   /kwɛl/   Listen
verb
Quell  v. t.  
1.
To take the life of; to kill. (Obs.) "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."
Synonyms: to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress; suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.


Quell  v. i.  (past & past part. quelled; pres. part. quelling)  
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."


noun
Quell  n.  Murder. (Obs.)





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"Quell" Quotes from Famous Books



... entrees on the menu. Various atmospheres, complete with authentic decor, were offered: Tahitian, Parisian, even Afro-Cuban for the delectation of the Off-Beat Client. In every case, houris glided to and fro in appropriate native costume, bearing viands calculated to quell, at least for the nonce, harsh thoughts of the combative marketplace. Instead, beamish advertisers and their account executive hosts were plied so lavishly that soon the sounds of competitive strife were but a memory; and in the postprandial ...
— Telempathy • Vance Simonds
... oft beat him back, And tempests make him half a wreck, And passions strong, with dangerous tack, Retard his course, Yet Christ the pilot all will check, And quell their force. ...
— Cottage Poems • Patrick Bronte
... is to be dated the commencement of the glory of the reign of Ivan IV. The first endeavor of the reformed monarch was to quell the tumult among the people. Three days after the assassination of the Glinskys, a mob from Moscow rushed out to the village of Vorobeif, surrounded the palace and demanded one of the aunts of the emperor and another of the nobles who had become obnoxious to them. ...
— The Empire of Russia • John S. C. Abbott
... suspicious wretch, must I swear, to quell your scruples?—On the contrary, it shall not be my fault, if we are not on ...
— St. Ronan's Well • Sir Walter Scott
... he 's gone from me, and left me thus mourning, To quell the proud rebels—for valiant is he; And, ah! there's no hope of his speedy returning, To wander again on the banks of the Dee. He 's gone, hapless youth! o'er the rude roaring billows, The kindest and sweetest ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various


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