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quash
English
Etymology
From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quass?re, present active infinitive of quass?, under the influence of cass? (“I annul”), from Latin quati? (“I shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?t- (“to shake”) (same root for the English words: pasta, paste, pastiche, pastry). Cognate with Spanish quejar (“to complain”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kw??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)
- To defeat decisively.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.
- 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
- (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
Related terms
- cask
- casket
- concussion
- discuss, discussion
- fracas
- percussion
- rescue
- squash
Translations
Anagrams
- huqas
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quas
English
Noun
quas (countable and uncountable, plural quases)
- Alternative spelling of kvass
Anagrams
- Aqsu
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /k?a?s/, [k?ä?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwas/, [kw?s]
Pronoun
qu?s
- accusative feminine plural of qu?
Adjective
qu?s
- accusative feminine plural of qu?
Pronoun
qu?s
- accusative feminine plural of quis
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