QUENCH

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -cwencan; akin to Old English -cwincan to vanish, Old Frisian quinka Date: 12th century transitive verb 1. put out , extinguish , to put out the light or fire of , to cool (as heated metal) suddenly by immersion (as in oil or water), to cause to lose heat or warmth , 2. to bring (something immaterial) to an end typically by satisfying, damping, cooling, or decreasing , to terminate by or as if by destroying ; eliminate , to relieve or satisfy with liquid , intransitive verb to become extinguished ; cool , to become calm ; subside , ~able adjective ~er noun ~less adjective