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quash
[kwosh] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion. |
| 2. | to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.). |
Origin:
1300–50; ME quashen to smash, break, overcome, suppress < OF quasser, in part < L quassāre to shake (freq. of quatere to shake; cf. concussion ); in part < LL cassāre to annul, deriv. of L cassus empty, void
1300–50; ME quashen to smash, break, overcome, suppress < OF quasser, in part < L quassāre to shake (freq. of quatere to shake; cf. concussion ); in part < LL cassāre to annul, deriv. of L cassus empty, void
Synonyms:
1. crush, squash, quench, repress.
1. crush, squash, quench, repress.
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| quash 1 (kwŏsh) tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action. [Middle English quassen, from Old French casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, alteration (influenced by quassāre, to shatter) of cassāre, from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots.] |
| quash 2 (kwŏsh) tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion. [Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash2.] |
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Quash
Quash\, n. Same as Squash.Quash
Quash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Quashing.] [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. cassare to annihilate, annul, fr. cassus empty, vain, of uncertain origin. The word has been confused with L. quassare to shake, F. casser to break, which is probably of different origin. Cf. Cashier, v. t.] (Law) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. --Blackstone.Quash
Quash\, v. t. [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. fr. quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter. Cf. Concussion, Discuss, Rescue, and also Quash to annul.]1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. --Waller. 2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. --Barrow.Quash
Quash\, v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
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quash
"to make void, annul, crush," c.1330, from O.Fr. quasser "to break, smash," from L. quassare "to shatter," frequentative of quatere "to shake" (pp. quassus). Meaning "suppress" is from M.L. quassare "make null and void," from L. cassus "empty, void," influenced by quassare.
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Main Entry: quash
Pronunciation: 'kwäsh, 'kwosh
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Anglo-French quasser, from Middle French casser quasser, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus void
: to make void : ANNUL 2 <quash a subpoena>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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