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Definition of Quenches
1. quench [v] - See also: quench
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quenches
Literary usage of Quenches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"The native depravity of man gradually quenches the Spirit of God, and the power
of godliness is soon buried, or at least very faintly subsists in the ..."
2. Letters to a Wife by John Newton (1793)
"... quenches love —that I can hardly allow my affection for you before marriage,
the fame name by which I would ..."
3. Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth by Josiah Seymour Currey (1912)
"... DIVISION THE ESCAPE OF THE OGDEN HOUSE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE FIRE RAIN quenches
THE FLAMES FUGITIVES FROM THE FIRE THE "TRUE CHICAGO SPIRIT" THE MAYOR'S ..."
4. Hebraic Literature: Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Maurice Henry Harris (1901)
"... for thou art the prince of hail, and everybody knows that water quenches fire;
but I, the prince of fire, will go down and cool the flame within and ..."
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