quell

Use quell in a sentence

She hoped to quell her dog's barking by giving him food.

verb

To quell is to stop or quiet something.

An example of quell is to soothe someone’s anger.

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quell

to crush; subdue; put an end to
to quiet; allay

Origin of quell

Middle English quellen from Old English cwellan, to kill, akin to qwalu, death, German quälen, torment, afflict from Indo-European base an unverified form gwel-, to stab, pain, death from source Old Irish at-baill, (he) dies

Obs. a killing; murder

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quell

transitive verb

quelled, quell·ing, quells

To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.
To pacify; quiet: finally quelled the children's fears.

Origin of quell

Middle English quellen to kill from Old English cwellan ; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present quells, present participle quelling, simple past and past participle quelled)

To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
to quell grief
to quell the tumult of the soul
To die.

Origin

Old English cwellan (“to kill"). Compare Old Armenian Õ¯Õ¥Õ² (keÅ‚, “sore, ulcer"), Old Church Slavonic Ð¶Ð°Ð»ÑŒ (Å¾alÄ, “pain"), German quÃ¤len (“to torment, agonize, smite").

Noun

(plural quells)