QUELL

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to kill, ~, from Old English cwellan to kill; akin to Old High German ~en to torture, kill, quāla torment, Lithuanian gelti to hurt Date: 13th century to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity , quiet , pacify , ~er noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from ~en to kill Date: 15th century slaughter , the power of ~ing