What is to be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] Winter's wrath begins to quell. Spenser called?
quell — To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] Winter's wrath begins to quell. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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