quell
quell / kwĕl
verb 1. to calm; to quiet It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. From “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë, 1816 – 1855 2. to suppress; to bring under control forcibly No tempest or conflagration, however great, is harder to quell than mob carried away by the novelty of power. Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106 BC – 43 BC