quenchen
Middle English
/ˈkwɛntʃən/
verb
Definitions
- To quench put out, eliminate
- To spray or douse with water or another liquid.
- To alleviate; to restrain.
- To quench fulfil one's desire
- (medicine) To modify mercury to make it usable in recipes.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cwenċan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwankijaną
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dequench English
- outquench English
- prequench English
- quench English
- quenchability English
- quenchable English
- quenchcoal English
- quencher English
- quenchest English
- quencheth English
- quenching English
- quenchless English
- requench English
- unquench English
- *kwankijaną Proto-Germanic
- cwenċan Old English