Quell /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Quelled; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

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.

1. Murder. [Obs.]