Both Uses of
quell
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- "Yes, thank you, Phineas," said Dumbledore quellingly.†
Chpt 13
- There was a ripple of laughter, instantly quelled by the look Snape gave the class.
Chpt 21 *quelled = stopped (suppressed)
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.