Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to quell
Participle: quelled
Gerund: quelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | quell |
| you | quell |
| he;she;it | quells |
| we | quell |
| you | quell |
| they | quell |
Perfect
| I | have quelled |
| you | have quelled |
| he;she;it | has quelled |
| we | have quelled |
| you | have quelled |
| they | have quelled |
Past
| I | quelled |
| you | quelled |
| he;she;it | quelled |
| we | quelled |
| you | quelled |
| they | quelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had quelled |
| you | had quelled |
| he;she;it | had quelled |
| we | had quelled |
| you | had quelled |
| they | had quelled |
Future
| I | will quell |
| you | will quell |
| he;she;it | will quell |
| we | will quell |
| you | will quell |
| they | will quell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have quelled |
| you | will have quelled |
| he;she;it | will have quelled |
| we | will have quelled |
| you | will have quelled |
| they | will have quelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | quell |
| you | quell |
| he;she;it | quell |
| we | quell |
| you | quell |
| they | quell |
Perfect
| I | have quelled |
| you | have quelled |
| he;she;it | have quelled |
| we | have quelled |
| you | have quelled |
| they | have quelled |
Imperfect
| I | quelled |
| you | quelled |
| he;she;it | quelled |
| we | quelled |
| you | quelled |
| they | quelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had quelled |
| you | had quelled |
| he;she;it | had quelled |
| we | had quelled |
| you | had quelled |
| they | had quelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would quell |
| you | would quell |
| he;she;it | would quell |
| we | would quell |
| you | would quell |
| they | would quell |
Perfect
| I | would have quelled |
| you | would have quelled |
| he;she;it | would have quelled |
| we | would have quelled |
| you | would have quelled |
| they | would have quelled |
Imperative
| you | quell |
| we | Let's quell |
| you | quell |
Verbs conjugated like 'quell'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'quell'
queal,
querl,
quill,
æquall,
bell,
bull,
cell,
cull,
duel,
dull,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to evoke a state of peacefulness
- allay, becalm, bestill, calm, delay, lull, placate, still, temper, pacify
- subdue
- crush, extinguish, overcome, overpower, quash, stifle, suppress, conquer
- allay
- still, ease, calm, compose, hush, lull, pacify, quiet
Antonyms
- subdue
- strengthen, fortify, empower, exalt
- allay
- provoke, agitate, arouse, rouse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from P.Gmc.
*kwaljanan (cf. O.E.
cwelan "to die,"
cwalu "violent death;" O.S.
quellian "to torture, kill;" O.N.
kvelja "to torment;" M.Du.
quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" O.H.G.
quellan "to suffer pain," Ger.
qualen "to torment, torture"), from root
*kwel-/*kwal- (cf. Armenian
kelem "I torture;" O.C.S.
zali "pain;" Lith.
galas "end,"
gela "agony,"
gelati "to sting"). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c.1300.
2. 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. See: Middle English '
quellen', Old English '
cwellan', Proto-Germanic '
*kwaljaną', German, old spelling '
quälen', Swedish '
kvälja', Icelandic '
kvelja'.
Verbs referencing "quell"
German, old spelling
quälen, English
kvell, Proto-Slavic
želěti, Danish
kvæle, Sanskrit
गलति.
Sample Sentences
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The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
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Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt. [1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:]
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to quell grief
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to quell the tumult of the soul
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However, after quelling Burnley's threat, Southampton failed to build on their growing danger culminating in Tadic's missed penalty. [2014 December 13, Mandeep Sanghera, “Burnley 1-0 Southampton”, in BBC Sport:]
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Like barbarous miſcreants, they quelled Virgins vnto death, […] [1625, Yvo of Narbena, Matthew Paris, “Part of an Epistle Written by One Yvo of Narbena vnto the Archbishop of Burdeaux, Containing the Confession of an Englishman, as Touching the Barbarous Demeanour of the Tartars, which had Liued Long among Them, and was Drawne along Perforce with Them in Their Expedition against Hungarie: Recorded by Matthew Paris in the Year [of] Our Lord 1243”, in [Samuel] Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes. […], 3rd part, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, 1st book, pages 63–64:]
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Well prov'd in that same day, when Jove those gyants quelled. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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Winter's wrath begins to quell. [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:]
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Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]