The Only Use of
quell
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Having conquered the violence of his feelings, he appeared to despise himself for being the slave of passion; and quelling the dark tyranny of despair, he led me again to converse concerning myself personally.
p. 29.9quelling = suppressing
Definitions:
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(1)
(quell) suppress or stop completely
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
While quell still means to suppress or stop, in Shakespeare's time, it had a more violent connotation--often meaning to murder or to eliminate someone or something.