Associations to the word «Quell»

Wiktionary

QUELL, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To kill. [9th-19th c.]
QUELL, verb. (transitive) To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
QUELL, verb. (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
QUELL, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish. [16th-17th c.]
QUELL, verb. To die.
QUELL, noun. A subduing.
QUELL, noun. A source, especially a spring.
QUELL, noun. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.

Dictionary definition

QUELL, verb. Suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion".
QUELL, verb. Overcome or allay; "quell my hunger".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats