\Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quelling}.] [See {Quail} to cower.]
1. To die. [Obs.]
         Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
                                               --Spenser.
2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]
         Winter's wrath begins to quell.       --Spenser.

\Quell\, v. t. [OE. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan,
causative of cwelan to die; akin to OHG. quellen to torment,
Icel. kvelja. See {Quail} to cower.]
1. To take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] --Spenser.
         The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle.
                                               --Chaucer.
2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
         The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the
         sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected
         minority.                             --Macaulay.
         Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
                                               --Longfellow.
3. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease;
   as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
         Much did his words the gentle lady quell. --Spenser.
Syn: to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress;
     suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.

\Quell\, n.
Murder. [Obs.] --Shak.