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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUENCH'ED, pp. Extinguished; allayed; repressed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: quenched, satisfied, slaked]
2: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" [syn: quelled, quenched, squelched]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quench Quench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Quenching.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[=i]nan, [=a]cw[=i]nan, to waste or dwindle away.] 1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. Ere our blood shall quench that fire. --Shak. The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. --Shak. 2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. Syn: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.