† aˈquench, v. Obs.
For forms see quench v.
[OE. acwęncan, f. a- prefix 1 intensive + cwęncan to quench. Orig. trans., but afterwards used as intr.]
1. To quench, extinguish, put out (fire, light, life).
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxv. 8 Ure leoht-fatu synt acwencte. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Weter acwencheð fur. c 1230 Ancr. R. 124 Lutel fur was ter þer of, þet a puf acweinte. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 394 Aquykye · þat was aqueynt þorw synne. 1482 J. Warkworth Chron. 22 It wulde seme aquenched oute; and sodenly it brent fervently ageyne. |
2. intr. To go out, become extinguished.
| c 1230 Ancr. R. 426 Þe Holi Gostes fur acwencheð, hwon þe brondes..beoð i-sundred. c 1305 St. Dunstan 6 in E.E.P. (1862) Here liȝt aqueinte oueral. 1485 Caxton Trevisa's Higden iii. xxxv. (1527) 132 The fyre of the sacrefyce acquenched. |
3. trans. To quench, satisfy, appease (appetite).
| c 1300 Vox & Wolf 13 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 51 He thohute his hounger aquenche..mid mete. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 10 Me thinketh My thurst shall never be acqueint. |
4. fig. To extinguish, put an end to.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 Alswa weter acwencheð fur, alswa elmes dede acwencheð sunne. c 1305 St. Katherine 78 in E.E.P. (1862) On of oure knaues miȝte hire resouns sone aquenche. 1485 Caxton Trevisa's Higden vii. xxxvii. (1527) 306 With his mylde lyuing and holy bedes he aqueynt many trybulacyons of holy chyrche. 1578 Louer's Plight in Gorgious Gallery, The colde that should acquench the heat. |
b. (with personal obj. by inverted construction.)
| c 1480 Childe of Bristowe 476 in E.P.P. (1864) 128 To aqueynche me of mykel care. |