overquell

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overquellen, equivalent to over- +‎ quell. === Verb === overquell (third-person singular simple present overquells, present participle overquelling, simple past and past participle overquelled) (transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain or have power over. === References === “overquell”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.