different between repel vs quell
repel
English
Etymology
From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?l/
Verb
repel (third-person singular simple present repels, present participle repelling, simple past and past participle repelled)
- (transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). [from 15th c.]
- 2011, Ian Traynor, The Guardian, 19 May 2011:
- In nearby Zintan, rebels repelled an advance by Gaddafi's forces, killing eight and taking one prisoner, a local activist said.
- 2011, Ian Traynor, The Guardian, 19 May 2011:
- (transitive, physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust. [from 18th c.]
- 2008, The Guardian, 26 Jan 2008:
- However, while the idea of a free holiday appeals enormously, I am frankly repelled by the idea of spending a couple of weeks in your company.
- 2008, The Guardian, 26 Jan 2008:
- (transitive, sports) To save (a shot).
Synonyms
- (nonstandard, rare) withdrive
Antonyms
- attract
Related terms
- repulse
- repulsion
- repulsive
- repellent
Translations
Further reading
- repel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- repel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- repel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Epler, Lepre, leper
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quell
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kw?l/
Etymology 1
From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *kwaljan? (“to make die; kill”). Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian ??? (ke?, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (žal?, “pain”). See also kill.
Verb
quell (third-person singular simple present quells, present participle quelling, simple past and past participle quelled)
- (transitive) To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 1:
- The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority.
- 1858, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish
- Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 1:
- (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
- to quell grief
- to quell the tumult of the soul
- (obsolete, transitive) To kill. [9th-19th c.]
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish. [16th-17th c.]
- Winter's wrath begins to quell.
- To die.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Chapter 7:
- Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Chapter 7:
Noun
quell (plural quells)
- A subduing.
- 1903, Knowledge: A Monthly Record of Science
- The quell of the rebellion raised Justinian to the acme of power.
- 1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. international drug control policy: recent experience, future options : seminar proceedings, Government Printing Office ?ISBN
- The consequences have not been significant in terms of the quell of any of the three drugs into the United States.
- 2013, Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire, Scholastic UK
- But to make things even worse, this is the year of the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, and that means it's also a Quarter Quell. They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts' defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes.
- 2014, Markham J. Geller, Melammu: The Ancient World in an Age of Globalization, epubli ?ISBN, page 136
- An example can be found in the data about the campaigns of Aššur-b?n-apli against Arab tribes after the quell of the revolt of Šamaš-šumuk?n.
- 1903, Knowledge: A Monthly Record of Science
Related terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “quell”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
From Middle English *quelle (suggested by the verb quellen (“to well up; gush forth”)), from Old English cwylla, *cwielle (“spring; source”), from Proto-Germanic *kwell? (“well; spring”). Compare German Quelle.
Noun
quell (plural quells)
- A source, especially a spring.
- 1969, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Ada, Or, Ardor, a Family Chronicle, Vintage ?ISBN
- Other excruciations replaced her namesake's loquacious quells so completely that when, during a lucid interval, she happened to open with her weak little hand a lavabo cock for a drink of water, the tepid lymph replied in its own lingo […]
- 2001, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Andrea Römmele, Public Information Campaigns and Opinion Research: A Handbook for the Student and Practitioner, SAGE ?ISBN, page 82
- The strategists had access to a wide array of private polling and information from focus groups; a quell of information stretching back over his years as a state-wide candidate and office holder.
- 1969, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Ada, Or, Ardor, a Family Chronicle, Vintage ?ISBN
- An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.
- 2001, Zane Gates, The Cure, iUniverse ?ISBN, page 241
- A quell of strength over took Robin with each of his words. She was about to fall apart, but Jacob was as brave as a warrior going into battle.
- 2011, Linda Lee Chaikin, Hawaiian Crosswinds, Moody Publishers ?ISBN
- For a moment their eyes locked, and she felt a quell of anger rise above her apprehension. Reality struck with appalling clarity, yet she could only lie down, partially drugged and untidy as she was from such rough traveling.
- 2012, Molly Hopkins, It Happened at Boot Camp: Exclusive Novella, Hachette UK ?ISBN
- I read on. It will cost two hundred and fifty quid. I felt a quell of alarm, that's quite expensive.
- 2001, Zane Gates, The Cure, iUniverse ?ISBN, page 241
Middle English
Verb
quell
- Alternative form of quellen
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