quell

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kwɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-. Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”). See also kill, which may be its doublet. ==== Verb ==== quell (third-person singular simple present quells, present participle quelling, simple past and past participle quelled) (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.] Synonym: crush (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.] (obsolete, transitive) To kill. [9th–19th c.] (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish. [16th–17th c.] To die. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== squelch ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== quell (plural quells) A subduing. ===== Related terms ===== ==== References ==== Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “quell”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *quelle (suggested by the verb quellen (“to well up; gush forth”)), from Old English cwylla, cwiella (“spring; source”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). Compare German Quelle. ==== Noun ==== quell (plural quells) A source, especially a spring. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly. == Middle English == === Verb === quell alternative form of quellen