Definition of quell

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Quell (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.

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Quell :: Quell (v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
Quail :: Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions..
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent..
Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind..
Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..
Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To die.
Queller :: Queller (n.) A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller..
Quell :: Quell (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..
Quell :: Quell (v. t.) To take the life of; to kill.
Quelling :: Quelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quel.
Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Quell :: Quell (n.) Murder.
Queller :: Queller (n.) One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
Manqueller :: Manqueller (n.) A killer of men; a manslayer.
Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Antaphrodisiac :: Antaphrodisiac (n.) Anything that quells the venereal appetite.
Quelled :: Quelled (imp. & p. p.) of Quel.
Quellio :: Quellio (n.) A ruff for the neck.
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