QUENCH Copy link • QUENCHrestinguere: exstinguere (generalterm, as well of fire as of lime and thirst): compescere (to put out, of fire): opprimere (to put out or down; e.g., fire, flame, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) exstinguere et opprimere; explere: sedare: reprimere: depellere (to still; e.g., one’s thirst) [Vid: also, To EXTINGUISH, To ALLAY]: to quench one’s thirst, sitim explere, etc. [Vid: SYN. above]: to quench one’s thirst by a drink of cold water, sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare: he is only permitted to quench his thirst with water, potione aquae tantum a siti vindicari debet. To destroy, Vid: QUENCHLESS, Vid: UNQUENCHABLE.