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.
Quell"er (?), n. 1. A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller. [Obs.] Wyclif
(Mark vi. 27).