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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
quenching
n : the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the
extinction of the lights" [syn: {extinction}, {extinguishing}]
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