All 3 Uses of
quell
in
Rappaccini's Daughter
- But he strove hard to quell them and to respond to Baglioni with a true lover's perfect faith.†
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- Giovanni's rage was quelled into an aspect of sullen insensibility.†
- Dost thou deem it misery to be endowed with marvellous gifts against which no power nor strength could avail an enemy--misery, to be able to quell the mightiest with a breath--misery, to be as terrible as thou art beautiful?†
Definition:
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(quell) suppress or stop completely