Meanings
verboverquell (third-person singular simple present overquells, present participle overquelling, simple past and past participle overquelled)
present singular third person overquells · participle present overquelling · participle past overquelled · past overquelled
- transitiveTo quell or subdue completely; gain or have power over.
What champion now shall tame the power Hell, And the unruly spirits overquell?
1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC
Origin
- Middle Englishoverquellen
- Englishoverquell
From Middle English overquellen, equivalent to over- + quell.
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overquell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overquell
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overquell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overquell.
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