Quell
Quell , intransitive verb
[See Quail to cower.]
1.
To die. [Obsolete]
Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
2.
To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [Rare]
Winter's wrath begins to quell.
Quell , transitive verb
[Old English quellen to kill, Anglo-Saxon cwellan, causative of cwelan to die; akin to Old High German quellen to torment, Icelandic kvelja. See Quail to cower.]
1.
To take the life of; to kill. [Obsolete] — Spenser
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.
Quell , noun
Murder. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare