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quell

/kˈwel/KWEL
/kˈwɛl/KWEL

Meaningkilling

Common meaning: to suppress

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishcwellansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishquellensource
  3. Englishquell‘to suppress’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English cwellan ‘killing’.

Did you know (The Old English…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry QUELL, p. 484 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Quell once meant…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry QUELL, p. 484 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry CWELLAN, p. 178 · dictionary scan

Roots

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