† overquellv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To quell, overcome, subdue.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down
nithereOE
adweschOE
overtreadOE
quellOE
to trample or tread under foot (also feet)c1175
adauntc1325
to bear downc1330
oppressc1380
repressc1391
overyoke?a1425
quencha1425
to bear overc1425
supprisec1440
overquell?c1450
farec1460
supprime1490
downbeara1500
stanch1513
undertread1525
downtread1536
suppress1537
to set one's foot on the neck of1557
depress?a1562
overbear1565
surpress1573
trample1583
repose1663
spiflicate1749
sort1815
to trample down1853
to sit on ——1915
to clamp down1924
crack down1940
tamp1959
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow
shrenchc897
allayOE
fellOE
quellOE
to bring to the groundc1175
forlesec1200
to lay downa1225
acastc1225
accumberc1275
cumber1303
confoundc1330
overthrowc1375
cumrayc1425
overquell?c1450
overwhelvec1450
to nip in (also by, on) the head (also neck, pate)?a1500
prostrate1531
quash1556
couch1577
unhorse1577
prosternate1593
overbeata1616
unchariot1715
floor1828
quench1841
to knock over1853
fling1889
to throw down1890
steamroller1912
wipe1972
zonk1973
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 6301 (MED) When he wakend, sone he feld Þat a serpent him our qweld; his nek full sare it grepyd.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Nunc Dimittis The Gentiles to illuminate, And Sathan overquell.
1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vii. xxiii. 97 Much to be pitied, that vertue should at any time be ouerquelled with a greater strength.
a1635 R. Corbett Times' Whistle (1871) 112 The lions strength mans force doth overquell; The hare in swiftnesse doth vs all excell.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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