quench

Definition

To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

Etymology

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

Example Sentences

• "The library quenched her thirst for knowledge."
• "The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thriſty heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes diſplay, / Whiles creeping ſlomber made him to forget[…]"
• "I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it."