Day 1,383: quell

The results from the first batch of the local elections, held on April 9th, have largely quelled those doubts.

Japan’s prime minister has recovered from a rough patch

Artwork of the day 
Quellnymphe
Antoine Watteau
Date: 1708
Style: Rococo
Genre: mythological painting

Word of the day 
quell: to stop something, especially by using force

Quote of the day
“That which has quelled me, lives with me, Accomplice in catastrophe.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay