overquell
English
Etymology
From Middle English overquellen, equivalent to over- + quell.
Verb
overquell (third-person singular simple present overquells, present participle overquelling, simple past and past participle overquelled)
- (transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain power over.
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
- What champion now shall tame the power Hell,
And the unruly spirits overquell?
- What champion now shall tame the power Hell,
- c. 1600, Joseph Hall, Satires
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for overquell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)