1. Contenir. Réprimer sa colère.
2. Étouffer. Réprimer une insurrection.
ETYM Old Fren. quasser, French casser, from Latin quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. from quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter. Related to Concussion, Discuss, Rescue, and also Quash to annul.
To suppress or put down.
ETYM Old Eng. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan, causative of cwelan to die; akin to Old High Germ. quellen to torment, Icel. kvelja. Related to Quail to cower.
To overcome or allay; SYN. stay, appease.