KJV Dictionary Definition: quench

quench

QUENCH, v.t.

1. To extinguish; to put out; as, to quench flame.

2. To still; to quiet; to repress; as, to quench a passion or emotion.

3. To allay or extinguish; as, to quench thirst.

4. To destroy.

5. To check; to stifle; as, to quench the Spirit.

1Thess. 5.

QUENCH, v.i. To cool; to become cool.

Dost thou think, in time she will not quench? Not in use.

quenched

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

quenching

QUENCH'ING, ppr. Extinguishing; quieting; stifling; repressing.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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