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quelled
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quelling.] [See Quail to cower.] [1913 Webster] 1. To die. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] [1913 Webster] Winter's wrath begins to quell. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
