Definitions for quell
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. squelch, quell, quenchverb

   suppress or crush completely

   "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

2. quell, stay, appeaseverb

   overcome or allay

   "quell my hunger"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quellnoun

   Murder. Not in use.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   What can not we put upon
   His spungy followers, who shall bear the guilt
   Of our great quell. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

2. To QUELLverb

   To crush; to subdue; originally, to kill.

   Etymology: cwellan , Saxon.

   What avails
   Valour or strength, though matchless, quell’d with pain,
   Which all subdues, and makes remiss the hands
   Of mightiest? John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vi.

   Compassion quell’d
   His best of man, and gave him up to tears
   A space; till firmer thoughts restrain’d excess. John Milton.

   This quell’d her pride, but other doubts remain’d,
   That once disdaining, she might be disdain’d. Dryden.

   He is the guardian of the publick quiet, appointed to restrain violence, to quell seditions and tumults, and to preserve that peace which preserves the world. Francis Atterbury.

3. To Quellverb

   To die. Edmund Spenser

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quell

   Quell is a verb that means to put an end to or suppress a potentially disruptive or uncomfortable situation, typically through the use of force. It can also mean to reduce or alleviate feelings such as fear or anger.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quellverb

   to die

2. Quellverb

   to be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate

3. Quellverb

   to take the life of; to kill

4. Quellverb

   to overpower; to subdue; to put down

5. Quellverb

   to quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul

6. Quellnoun

   murder

7. Etymology: [See Quail to cower.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quell

   kwel, v.t. to crush: subdue: to allay.—v.i. to die, perish, (Shak.) abate.—ns. Quell (Shak.), murder: (Keats) power of quelling; Quell′er, one who quells or crushes: a slayer. [A.S. cwellan, to kill, causal of cwelan, to die. Cf. Quail (v.).]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quell

   To crush; to subdue; to put down; to reduce; as, the military were called out to quell the riot.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUELL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quell is ranked #91221 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Quell surname appeared 202 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Quell.
   
   94% or 190 total occurrences were White.
   2.9% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Satisfy

How to pronounce quell?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say quell in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of quell in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of quell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of quell in a Sentence

1. Martinez Rosas:

   What is happening in Texas is a deliberate attack by far-right politicians who will do anything to quell Black, brown, immigrant, and LGBTQ communities both in Texas and other Republican-controlled states across the country.

2. Eric Schmitt:

   Time and again, the Biden administration has refused to take concrete action to quell the worsening border crisis, inviting the cartels and human drug smugglers to take advantage of our porous border, without a border wall, illegal immigrants, coyotes, and bad actors can simply march across our southern border and into the interior. The border wall needs to be built, the funds have been appropriated to continue to build the wall, and yet the Biden Administration outright refuses to do so.

3. Howell Township Police:

   We had extra patrols at the high school this morning to quell any parent’s concerns, however there was no credible threat for violence.

4. Peter Downing:

   If Justin Trudeau wants to quell Western separation sentiment he needs to declare the Trans Mountain expansion in the national interest, everything else is window dressing.

5. Brad Karkkainen:

   You can't assume that every project that gets an EA is ultimately approved, but the vast majority are. And beyond that, most of the 250 or so( per year) that get full-scale EISs also go through, albeit sometimes with modifications to mitigate environmental harms and/or to quell political opposition.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quell
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=quell
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quell
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=quell
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html