quell

  1. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To kill. (defdate, 9th-19th c.) .
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. (defdate, from 10th c.) .
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
  4. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish. (defdate, 16th-17th c.) .
  5. Noun.  A spring or fountain.

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