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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Quelling.] [See Quail to cower.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To die. [Obs.]
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              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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Quell \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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  quelling
       n : forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
           "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the
           rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression,
            crushing, stifling]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  quelling
     a.
     causing something to quell or be quelled
     n.
     The act#Noun by which something is quelled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en quell nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  quelling
     a.
     causing something to quell or be quelled
     n.
     The act#Noun by which something is quelled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en quell nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  quelling
     a.
     causing something to quell or be quelled
     n.
     The act#Noun by which something is quelled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en quell nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  quelling
     a.
     causing something to quell or be quelled
     n.
     The act#Noun by which something is quelled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en quell nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  quelling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm q uell ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  quelling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en quell ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb quell)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/
  القمع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/ 
  potlačování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/ 
  potlačení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/
  bändigend, zügelnd
   see: quell, quelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/
  bezwingend
   see: quell, quelled, quells, quelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/
  niederschlagend, unterdrückend
   see: quell, quelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  quelling /kwˈɛlɪŋ/
  überwindend
   see: quell, quelled
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkwɛɫɪŋ/


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