QUELL

quell. Quell, v. to crush, subdue, appease; n. murder

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Quell (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quelled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Quelling.] [[See Quail to cower.]] 1. 1. To die.
Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. Spenser. 2. 2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Winter's wrath begins to quell. Spenser.