† aquenchv.
Obsolete.
1. To quench, extinguish, put out (fire, light, life).
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light)
aquenchc1000
quenchOE
to do outa1425
extinct1483
to put outa1500
out-quencha1522
dout1526
pop1530
extinguish1551
to put forth1598
snuff1688
douse1753
douse1780
smoor1808
to turn out1844
outen1877
to turn off1892
to black out1913
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > put out or extinguish fire, pain, etc.
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adweschOE
quenchc1175
extinct?a1475
out1502
dead1611
stifle1629
kill1934
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)]
aquenchc1000
quenchc1175
sleckc1175
slockena1300
bleschea1325
sleckena1340
sleaka1400
asteyntea1450
stancha1450
mesec1480
slockc1480
extinct1483
redd1487
to put outa1500
out-quencha1522
squench1535
extinguish1551
out1629
smoor1721
douse1842
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 8 Ure leoht-fatu synt acwencte.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Weter acwencheð fur.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 101 Lute fur wes þer þrof þet an puf acwende [read acwencte].
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 394 Aquykye · þat was aqueynt þorw synne.
1482 J. Warkworth Chron. 22 It wulde seme aquenched oute; and sodenly it brent fervently ageyne.
2. intransitive. To go out, become extinguished.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > go out or be extinguished
quench?c1225
aquencha1250
to go out?a1425
quenta1500
to black out1934
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > become extinguished [verb (intransitive)]
quench?c1225
aquencha1250
to wax outc1400
slockc1485
slocken1535
to burn out, forth1597
extinguish1599
squench1643
to blow out1842
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 194 Þe holi gostes fur acwencheð hwon ðe brondes..beoð isundred.
c1305 St. Dunstan 6 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) Here liȝt aqueinte oueral.
1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) iii. xxxv. 132 The fyre of the sacrefyce acquenched.
3. transitive. To quench, satisfy, appease (appetite).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)]
sleckc1175
aquenchc1300
stanch1340
beetc1390
repelc1425
sufficea1450
squench1598
c1300 Vox & Wolf 13 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 51 He thohute his hounger aquenche..mid mete.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 10 Me thinketh My thurst shall never be acqueint.
4.
a. figurative. To extinguish, put an end to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
undoc950
shendOE
forfarea1000
endc1000
to do awayOE
aquenchc1175
slayc1175
slayc1175
stathea1200
tinea1300
to-spilla1300
batec1300
bleschea1325
honisha1325
leesea1325
wastec1325
stanch1338
corrumpa1340
destroy1340
to put awayc1350
dissolvec1374
supplanta1382
to-shend1382
aneantizec1384
avoidc1384
to put outa1398
beshenda1400
swelta1400
amortizec1405
distract1413
consumec1425
shelfc1425
abroge1427
downthringc1430
kill1435
poisonc1450
defeat1474
perish1509
to blow away1523
abrogatea1529
to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
put in the pot1531
wipea1538
extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
braina1616
stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Alswa weter acwencheð fur, alswa elmes dede acwencheð sunne.
c1305 St. Katherine 78 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) On of oure knaues miȝte hire resouns sone aquenche.
1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) vii. xxxvii. 306 With his mylde lyuing and holy bedes he aqueynt many trybulacyons of holy chyrche.
1578 Louer's Plight in Gorgious Gallery The colde that should acquench the heat.
b. (with personal object by inverted construction.)
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c1480 Childe of Bristowe 476 in Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) 128 To aqueynche me of mykel care.
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