Quench

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verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -cwencan; akin to Old English -cwincan to vanish, Old Frisian quinka
Date: 12th century
transitive verb
- 1.
  - a. put out, extinguish
  - b. to put out the light or fire of <quench glowing coals with water>
  - c. to cool (as heated metal) suddenly by immersion (as in oil or water)
  - d. to cause to lose heat or warmth <you have quenched the warmth of France toward you — Alfred Tennyson>
- 2.
  - a. to bring (something immaterial) to an end typically by satisfying, damping, cooling, or decreasing <a rational understanding of the laws of nature can quench impossible desires — Lucius Garvin><the praise that quenches all desire to read the book — T. S. Eliot>
  - b. to terminate by or as if by destroying ; eliminate <the Commonwealth party quenched a whole generation of play-acting — Margery Bailey><quench a rebellion>
  - c. to relieve or satisfy with liquid <quenched his thirst at a wayside spring>
intransitive verb
- 1. to become extinguished ; cool
- 2. to become calm ; subside
? quenchable adjective
? quencher noun
? quenchless adjective