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overquelling

overquelling is the present participle and gerund of overquell.

Meaning of overquell

Verb

overquell (third-person singular simple present overquells, present participle overquelling, simple past and past participle overquelled)

  1. (transitive) To 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

Questions about overquelling

What is overquelling the present participle and gerund of?
Overquelling is the present participle and gerund of overquell.

Words near overquelling in the dictionary

  1. overquantity
  2. overqueen
  3. overqueens
  4. overquell
  5. overquelled
  6. overquelling
  7. overquells
  8. overqueried
  9. overqueries
  10. overquery
  11. overquerying

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