Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUENCH
QUENCH, v.t. [Sax. cwencan.]
- To extinguish; to put out; as, to quench flame.
- To still; to quiet; to repress; as, to quench a passion or emotion. – Shak.
- To allay or extinguish; as, to quench thirst.
- To destroy. – Davies.
- To check; to stifle; as, to quench the Spirit. – 1 Thess. v.
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