Conquer vs Quell - What's the difference?
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To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war.
(obsolete) To kill.
To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
* Macaulay
* Longfellow
To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
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(obsolete) To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
* Spenser
To die.
* Spenser
Conquer is a related term of quell.
As a verb conquer
is to defeat in combat; to subjugate.As a noun quell is
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Verb
(en verb)- We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms.
- By winning words to conquer hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.
Derived terms
* conquerable * unconquerable * conqueror * conquestquell
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- (Spenser)
- The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority.
- Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
- to quell grief
- to quell the tumult of the soul
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- Winter's wrath begins to quell .
- Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell .